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Professional Development Opportunities 
compiled by Cynthia Snell

METADATA

Metadata and Description for Digital Special Collections
Methods and standards for metadata and description for unique digital collections are varied and 
present digital curators, catalogers and metadata librarians with a wide array of options, which 
can at times seem daunting. This course is designed to give the student an overview of current stan-
dards, schemas and applications of medatada models designed for the description and organiza-
tion of digital collections, whether they be materials in an institutional repository or digital special 
collections.
September 7–October 4, 2020; March 1–28, 2021
$175

Using OpenRefine for Library Metadata
OpenRefine is a free open-source tool that makes editing messy metadata easier through clustering, 
faceting, advanced find and replace scripting, and linked data reconciliation in a spreadsheet-like 
environment. In addition to cleaning up metadata, OpenRefine’s linked data and URL building tools 
can extend metadata through databases and API calls.
October 5–November 1, 2020
$175

Cynthia Snell is Library Director at Columbia International University. 

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