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Metadata Matters

Online training and workshops from the Iowa State University Library Metadata Services department

Peeling Back the Discovery Layer: Metadata in Quick Search

Do you sometimes wonder why something does (or does not) display in your Quick Search results? Are you curious about how records get into Quick Search? Join Chris Dieckman and Matthew Goddard for a brief tour of the sources of Quick Search metadata, including a discussion of how these sources differ according to material types, data format, standardization, and our degree of control over what’s included.

Presented by Chris Dieckman and Matthew Goddard