1. Easing the Metadata Upload Process
Pampering Uploaders
Easing the Metadata Upload Process
Craighton Hippenhammer
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Olivet Nazarene University
DC-GLUG July 31, 2015

2. Ways to Streamline Metadata Upload Forms
Hide metadata fields that are not needed
Add fields that other universities may not need
E.g., Creative Commons licenses, peer reviewed Y/N, embargo period, scholarship domains, etc.
Tailor fields and their options to doc type
E.g., ETD’s need mentor name fields; others don’t
Use dropdown lists to pick options when possible
Make the most-often-chosen option into the readily visible default option
ETD’s = Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scholarship domains: Ernest Boyer

3. Questions:
What customizations to your metadata upload forms have you implemented that were helpful?
How many of you regularly use the bulk upload process?
The bulk revise upload form can’t do everything that it should, like correct thumbnails that don’t show. Do you use it?