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• Why Metadata Matters

  Metadata is all the data that describes the item in a collection. Who created it, when it was created, and what it is are all examples. Metadata makes it easier for the item to be found by its potential audience, and consistent metadata makes comparisons easier. Think of collection of maps. Consistently specifying the map…

• Welcome

  

  I started this blog in Fall 2022 as part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media’s Digital Public Humanities (DPH) Graduate Certificate. In Summer 2023, I’m taking the third course in the certificate program, HIST 689: Teaching and Learning History in the Digital Age. I’m earning the DPH certificate to extend and…