Beyond Crowdsourcing: Working With Donors, Student Fieldworkers, and Community Scholars to Improve Cultural Heritage Collection Metadata

Authors

Andrea Payant, Utah State UniversityFollow
Becky Skeen, Utah State UniversityFollow
Anna-Maria Arnljots, Utah State UniversityFollow
Randy Williams, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Digital Media Management

Volume

8

Issue

3

Publisher

Henry Stewart Publications LLP

Publication Date

3-1-2020

First Page

242

Last Page

253

Abstract

Utah State University Libraries (USU) employs community-based crowdsourcing metadata practices that provide in-depth, collaborative strategies that go beyond more commonly used collecting methods. Improved metadata quality is a result of working closely with donors, community scholars, students, and the public to describe cultural heritage collections fairly and thoroughly. This article provides an overview of successful ways to collaborate with those outside of traditional library units to create more diverse, equitable and inclusive descriptions of archival resources.

Recommended Citation

Payant, A., Skeen, B., Arnljots, A., Williams, R. (2020). Beyond Crowdsourcing: Working with Donors, Student Fieldworkers, and Community Scholars to Improve Cultural Heritage Collection Metadata. Journal of Digital Media Management, vol. 8, no 3.