Training Events

Join Hannah Stitzlein, Visiting Metadata Services Specialists at UIUC, for a one-hour webinar on the best practices for metadata that is contributed to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

Brief Description of Program
The Illinois Digital Heritage Hub (IDHH) released the IDHH Metadata Best Practices in early 2017 to assist contributing institutions with providing quality metadata to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). This program will provide an introduction to how metadata is viewed and interacted with in the DPLA environment, and will guide contributing institutions how to use these best practices to create and develop quality metadata that operates well in DPLA.
 

Presenter Bio
Hannah Stitzlein is the Visiting Metadata Services Specialist for the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously, Hannah worked with Recollection Wisconsin in the beginning phases of being the Wisconsin service hub to prepare metadata to be contributed to DPLA. She comes from a background of working in public and special libraries. Hannah holds an MLIS from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Webinar can be accessed on the day of the session via: http://webjunctionillinois.adobeconnect.com/carli_dpla/