Thanks to Mary Alexander and Nathan Humpal for presenting at our May brown bag on “Metadata & Digital Projects”! Their talk led to a great discussion with lots of attendance! They have also shared these resources for people who missed it and/or want to learn more:
NISO’s Understanding Metadata: http://www.niso.org/publications/press/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf
Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/
Its companion, Metadata standard glossary, pamphlet form
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/seeingstandards_glossary_pamphlet.pdf