Have you ever collaborated with library colleagues to develop or enhance a library’s metadata quality control processes? If yes, please provide details.

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    Sample interview questions: Have you ever collaborated with library colleagues to develop or enhance a library’s metadata quality control processes? If yes, please provide details.

    Sample answer:

    Yes, I have collaborated with library colleagues to develop and enhance a library’s metadata quality control processes.

    Project 1: Implementing Metadata Validation Rules

    • Collaborated with catalogers, metadata librarians, and systems librarians to develop a set of metadata validation rules for a new digital repository.
    • Worked with the systems team to implement the rules in the repository’s metadata management system.
    • Trained catalogers and metadata librarians on the new rules and provided ongoing support.

    Project 2: Enhancing Metadata Quality Assessment

    • Participated in a working group to review and revise the library’s metadata quality assessment procedures.
    • Developed new metrics for assessing metadata quality and worked with the cataloging team to implement them.
    • Provided training to catalogers on the new metrics and how to use them to improve metadata quality.

    Project 3: Automating Metadata Quality Checks

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