Christopher Cronin

TL;DR: This article will reflect on the University of Chicago Library's RDA testing experience, and address some of the major issues related to managing its adoption, including staff training; implications on cataloging policies; preparing the integrated library system for RDA metadata; and what RDA may mean for the future of the metadata infrastructures.

TL;DR: Results are outlined of that task force's efforts to develop and articulate metrics for evaluating the cost and value of cataloging activities specifically, and some next steps that the community could take to further the profession's collective understanding of the costs and values associated with bibliographic control.

TL;DR: Usability testing conducted as a part of a user‐centered redesign of a University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries digital initiatives project that provides online access to historical Aerial Photographs of Colorado revealed the needs of the project's target user group and identified issues with the interface that will be addressed in its redesign.

TL;DR: The University of Colorado at Boulder recently engaged in a grant-funded pilot project to use Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS), Metadata Object Description Standard (MODS), and NISO Metadata for Images in XML Schema (MIX) for a collection of digitized Sanborn fire insurance maps of the state.

TL;DR: This case study will allow other institutions to learn from the approach and experience of the University of Colorado at Denver on providing online access to historical aerial photographs, a distinct and complex subset of cartographic materials.