Project Specific Guidelines and Documents

Some collections in The Portal to Texas History and the UNT Digital Library present unique challenges for metadata creators.  The following documents outline considerations for those materials with specialized content or formats and provide guidelines for appropriate data entry.

College of Music Recordings

COMR Metadata Creation Guide
Detailed input guidelines for metadata describing recordings of recitals in the UNT College of Music.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Metadata Implementation Guidelines for UNT ETDs
Recommendations for modification of the UNT Libraries' metadata element set in light of the requirements of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).  Includes discussion of best practices along with input guidelines specific to ETDs.

Texas Patent Project

Guidelines for Patent Metadata

Instructions for editing metadata for patents in The Portal to Texas History.