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Abstract

Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) was founded in 2001 and offers a public search portal supporting discovery of over a million items from digitized historical collections throughout the US Mountain West. This aggregation work necessitates a metadata application profile (MAP) to ensure metadata consistency and interoperability from the regional member network of libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations. Unique issues arise in combining metadata from diverse local digital repository platforms and aggregation technology infrastructure introduces further constraints, challenges, and opportunities. Upstream aggregation of metadata in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) also influences local and regional metadata modeling decisions. This article traces the history of MWDL's MAPs, comparing and contrasting five published standards to date. In particular, it will focus primarily on decisions and changes made in the most recent version, published in early 2020.

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Title
MAPping out the Future from the Past
Author
Hebron, Teresa K 1 

 is Program Director (Associate Librarian), Mountain West Digital Library, University of Utah 
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
1-12
Number of pages
13
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Sep 2025
Section
ARTICLE
Publisher
American Library Association
Place of publication
Chicago
Country of publication
United States
e-ISSN
21635226
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
ProQuest document ID
3255486863
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/mapping-out-future-past/docview/3255486863/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
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Last updated
2025-11-14
Database
ProQuest One Academic