Metadata 2020: Improving Access to Research

Abstract

Metadata 2020 is a global collaboration of publishers, data publishers and repositories, platform providers, librarians, funders, and researchers that advocates for richer, connected, reusable, and open metadata for all research outputs, to improve access to scholarly pursuits for the benefit of society. The collaborator communities have been focusing on six areas: 1) Researcher Communications 2) Metadata Recommendations and Element Mappings 3) Defining the Terms We Use About Metadata 4) Incentives for Improving Metadata Quality 5) Shared Best Practice and Principles 6) Metadata Evaluation and Guidance This talk describes the different interest areas and offers a summary of the status of the collaborative projects. It will be of interest to librarians and scholarly communication stakeholders who want to improve research discovery and access.