Reza Karimi; Morteza Mohammadi Ostani; Leila Ahmadi
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to design a metadata application profile for describing and organizing(processing) the content objects of the Library, Museum, and Archive of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh(A.S.). The research method was practical in terms of the goal, which was carried out ...
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The purpose of the current research was to design a metadata application profile for describing and organizing(processing) the content objects of the Library, Museum, and Archive of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh(A.S.). The research method was practical in terms of the goal, which was carried out with an analysis approach. The research community was the employees of the organization department and managers of the Library, Museum and Archive and elements and attributes of the metadata standards of the cultural heritage context (library,archive and museum), which were selected by purposeful sampling method. The data collection method was structured observation and the tools were interviews, questionnaires and checklists. The findings showed that in order to describe and organize (process) the content objects of the Library, Museum, and Archive of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh(A.S.), three separate metadata application profiles are needed for the library, museum, and archive. The metadata application profile designed for library, museum and archives content objects had a 53, 83, and 27 main and sub elements, respectively. MODS, Spectrum, and ISAD had a highest number in the metadata application profile in the contexts of library, museum, and archives, respectively.The design of a metadata application profile will lead to the proper description and processing of content objects, more convergence of the cultural heritage context, as well as better management of metadata. This is done according to local context and needs, and it will increase the access points, retrieval and more interoperability with other information management systems and libraries.
