Dear Alice, dc.contributor.author is normally the default element for authors. I think dc.creator is being automatically completed with information about the user who submitted the item into dspace. So let's say that I'm a librarian, submitting a bunch of different records in DSpace, my name would be included in "dc.creator".
For non-technical help with DSpace, there's a very good set of DSpace course materials available here: http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/615 best regards, Bram Luyten @mire NV Technologielaan 9 (New address !) 3001 Heverlee Belgium +32 2 888 29 56 http://www.atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions http://www.togather.eu - Before getting together, get t...@ther 2009/3/13 Platt, Alice <[email protected]> > I am just starting on a DSpace project in collaboration with the IT > department at my institution. I am selecting metadata fields to use and > would like to know why the dc.creation element is labeled “do not use; only > for harvested metadata”. I do not understand; I would think this would be > the most appropriate element for authors, regardless. If dc.creator isn’t > being used, what is the default author element? > > > > Another question – the information on the DSpace wiki is largely technical > in nature. Is there a source for information for the librarian side of > things that I might have missed? Best practices for metadata, search & > discovery, interface design, workflows, how to work with users and groups, > etc.? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Alice Platt > > Digital Initiatives Librarian > > Shapiro Library > > Southern New Hampshire University > > 2500 North River Rd > > Manchester, NH 03106 > > 603-668-2211 x 2156 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > >
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