One Comment on “Managing metadata, managing hybridity”

  1. Great summary of where we are! But now is the time to review and redesign the metadata ecosystem. E.g. We don’t need to take and manage records for eResources at the local level. Many of us have bought into systems that have knowledge bases. These are supposed to service centralised search, discovery and access requirements. What prevents them from fulfilling this role is the metadata ecosystem, in particular the anachronistic restrictive metadata licencing. This prevents the sharing of records between proprietary systems. This condemns metadata stakeholders to an endless cycle of duplication. Expensive replication of ultimately siloed metadata. We need a model that ensures the creation, equitable sharing, enrichment and maintenance of metadata as a collaborative and inclusive programme.

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