Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery of Locally Created Content

Melanie Feltner-Reichert, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Marie Garrett, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Linda L. Phillips, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Abstract

This presentation offers a simple illustration of the ways html code, metadata tagging and other strategies enable content discovery. It contains examples that can be understood by anyone familiar with a bibliographic record. Librarians who grasp these concepts will be well-prepared to convince faculty that the library is both a safe and sustainable archive for their work, and that placing content with the library is more likely to lead to its discovery than any personal web space.