Prepared by: Management FRG

Last Revised: Jan 2018

Status: Final

Reviewed by: Deposit FRG, Core Team

Approved by: DLP Steering

Repository Experience Level

• Familiar with digital repository concepts and technologies
• Familiar with broader Descriptive Metadata standards and local practices
• Familiar with one or more Emory Libraries’ metadata systems
• Familiar with specialized digital repository metadata standards
• Familiar with repository metadata encoding schemes and crosswalking strategies
• Familiar with repository system services and deposit workflow processes
• Familiar with national metadata standards and metadata implementations in national repositories (e.g. DPLA)

Frequency of Repository Use

• Weekly to Monthly

General Motivators/Goals

• Ensure that metadata standards are used appropriately
• Ensure metadata is accurate and complete, according to policies and workflows
• Resolve metadata-related issues across systems

Key Repository Management Tasks

• Works with Repository Engineers to manage metadata fields and mappings implemented in the repository
• Maintains local controlled terms/authorities implemented in the repository
• Utilizes system integrations to harvest and refresh metadata from external systems such as Alma, ArchivesSpace, and Emory FIRST
• Coordinates/troubleshoots exports of metadata to external environments (e.g. OAI, Primo)
• Investigates issues related to indexing
• Performs singular and batch edits/updates to metadata
• Troubleshoots issues related to ingest of metadata
• Runs reports related to how metadata is populated/utilized across collections
• Reviews metadata for accuracy and consistency based on reports
• Reports related to metadata utilization, population, accuracy, and consistency
• Metadata versioning, including audit trail for previous edits and reports relating to user activity
• Views of different metadata segments (Descriptive, Technical, etc.) 
• Detailed views of metadata (encoding across outputs)
• Metadata exports (e.g. OAI)
• Metadata editor or synchronization tool
• Metadata mappings and configurations information or documentation

Repository Content/Information Desired

• Access to local vocabulary terms and thesauri

Library/Unit Interactions

• Most typically affiliated with one individual Library unit
• May manage metadata across one or more Libraries’ collections