Metadata
The Metadata unit is responsible for providing access to the university Libraries’ digital collections for discovery and retrieval. Led by the Metadata Librarian, it works closely with Digital Initiatives and Special Collections & University Archives. Currently, its digital collections are hosted by several content management or digital assets management systems including Digital Commons, Islandora and SobekCM. Some digital collections are also represented within the libraries’ Integrated Library System (ILS), comprised of Alma and Primo.
STARS is UCF’s institutional repository dedicated to institutional research outcomes and scholarly publications. It accepts submissions from all faculty, staff, students and affiliates of UCF who wish to share their work. It is based on the Digital Commons platform and supports Dublin Core metadata. It also allows institutions to create custom metadata fields to meet their specific needs.
UCF Libraries utilizes Ex Libris’ Alma as its library management system. This unified platform manages all aspects of library resources, including cataloging and metadata management. Currently, it supports a hybrid environment for the bibliographic information of both physical and digital resources, accommodating data in the traditional MARC format as well as the new BIBFRAME format, which is based on linked data. Ex Libris’ Primo acts as a discovery layer for information stored in Alma. Search for library resources on the library homepage at: https://library.ucf.edu/
It is part of the State University Libraries of Florida’s Islandora project which hosts local history and culture heritage materials in special collections and university archives. At UCF Libraries, the newly implemented Islandora has taken collections transferred from Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM) in DigiTool, such as the Florida Heritage Collection. Islandora supports Dublin Core, Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), MarcXML and Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS).
SobekCM @ UCF Libraries currently stores Special Collection materials such as the Digital Library of Caribbean. It also supports Dublin Core, MODS, MarcXML and METS.
Metadata Support
Besides cataloging digital materials, the Metadata Librarian provides Metadata Support as part of the scholarly communication services supported by the University’s Research Lifecycle.
Metadata Guide
For an introduction to metadata and its related topics such as research data and dataset, data documentation, general and domain metadata standards, data curation and data repositories, please check out the libraries’ Metadata Guide.
Metadata Contact