NBII Online Metadata Training

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Welcome to NBII Online Metadata Training!

This online training course will give you an overview about metadata used to create standardized records about geospatial and/or biologically oriented scientific datasets. If you are new to metadata, or need a refresher because you attended a workshop a while ago, this online training course will help!

The course uses Macromedia Flash, and is divided into chapters.Click on a chapter here for an audio and visual experience. Once inside a chapter, you may skip to other chapters.

Chapter 1: What are Metadata?
Chapter 2: The Value of Metadata
Chapter 3:Metadata Standards
Chapter 4: Metadata Clearinghouses
Chapter 5: Biological Data Profile and How to Read the Standard
Chapter 6: FGDC Standard: Sections 8,9 and 10
Chapter 7: Section 1
Chapter 8: Section 2
Chapter 9: Section 3 and 4
Chapter 10: Section 5 and 6
Chapter 11: Section 7
Chapter 12: How to Write Good Metadata
Chapter 13: Implementing a Metadata Program
Chapter 14: Tips on Prioritizing which Datasets need Metadata
Chapter 15: Metadata Tools and Resources
Chapter 16: Creating Metadata while Using Arc Catalog
Chapter 17: Using the National Park Service Metadata Tool
Chapter 18: Creating Metadata using Metavist Software

We hope you enjoy this online workshop. This course was made possible through the Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) Grants from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), awarded to the Conservation Management Institute (CMI) at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech).

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The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Office of the U.S. Geological Survey