Institution

• Element Name
• Definition
• Where Can the Institution Information be Found?
• How Institution Works in the Metadata Form
• How Should the Institution be Filled in?
• Examples
• Comments
• Resources

Element Name

Institution

(Also called 'Partners' within The Portal to Texas History)

Definition

A consistent reference to the institution or administrative unit that owns the digital resource for which metadata was created.

Where Can the Institution Information be Found?

This information comes from the institution or from the project manager

How Institution Works in the Metadata Form

Parts:

1. Institution name -- drop-down menu

Repeatable?

No - only one organization owns an object

How Should the Institution be Filled in?

• Select the correct institution name from the controlled vocabulary

• For items created in the UNT community, the Institution will be the College name of the discipline
  
• The specific department will be added as an Academic Department
• In cases where items are created by UNT community members from different disciplines, the primary creator (or the person listed first on the item) will be used to determine the appropriate College
  

• It is important that the correct institution name be entered for the item

Examples

Book: Directory of Texas Industries from Official Sources

Institution: ASPL - Austin Public Library

The Totem, Yearbook of McMurry College, 1977

Institution: MMUL - McMurry University Library

[Portrait of Cleo Hearn]

Institution: CWTC - Cowtown Coliseum

Newspaper: The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1, Friday, September 20, 1918

Institution: SWCL - Swisher County Library

Copy negative: Parade

Institution: HSUL - Hardin-Simmons University Library

Genealogical newsletter: Stirpes, Volume 20, Number 1, March 1980

Institution: TSGS - Texas State Genealogical Society

Lusterware pitcher

Institution: STAR - Star of the Republic Museum

Comments 

• For copyright-related information use the Rights element.

• Institution is chosen based on who possesses the items

• In some cases (including microfilm), 'institution' will refer to the "partner" responsible for the digitization whether they possess the items or not

Resources

• UNT Institutions Controlled Vocabulary