Abstract

Digital repository migrations present a periodic opportunity to assess metadata quality and to perform strategic enhancements. Lafayette College Libraries implemented OCLC FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) for its digital image collections as part of a migration from multiple repositories to a single one built on the Samvera Hyrax open-source framework. Application of FAST has normalized subject headings across dissimilar collections in a way that tremendously improves descriptive consistency for staff and discoverability for end users. However, the process of applying FAST headings was complicated by several features of in-scope metadata as well as gaps in available controlled subject authorities.

摘要

数字存储库迁移提供了定期评估元数据质量和执行战略增强的机会。拉斐特学院图书馆为其数字图像馆藏实施了 OCLC FAST（主题术语的分面应用），作为从多个存储库迁移到基于 Samvera Hyrax 开源框架构建的单个存储库的一部分。FAST 的应用使不同馆藏的主题标目标准化，极大地提高了工作人员的描述一致性和最终用户的可发现性。然而，由于范围内元数据的几个特征以及可用的受控主题权威的差距，应用 FAST 标题的过程变得复杂。