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First Steps

• Login to DSpace: under "My Account" on the main DSpace page (http://dspace.mit.edu), click Login link.
• Under "My Account" click the Submissions link.

• Take a new task (all the tasks listed have been entered by a Submitter and will contain previously entered metadata).
  • Click on the title link.
  • Click the "Take task" button.

• Open the following: (right click to open in a new window)
  • DOI link (Publisher page for the item) [may not always be available]
  • "File in this item" (there may be several files; you will only need the pdf or doc that contains the article – not the supplemental information or the publisher policy)
  • You may also want to download the PDF from the publishers website (especially if you are working with the Author's Final Manuscript version of an article.

• Verify that the item you are submitting (the PDF downloaded from DSpace) matches the PDF described on the Publisher's website.

• Click "Edit Metadata" button to bring up the cataloging page.

• Enter the title of the article, the date you are cataloging, and your initials in the OA Database (at certain times throughout the year you may also be asked to enter the number of minutes (approximate) that you spent cataloging the article).

Resources to have available

Resources are for MIT author and MIT affiliation metadata:

• MIT People Directory: http://web.mit.edu/people.html
• MIT Libraries homepage: http://libraries.mit.edu/

Resources for determining authorized MIT Corporate Names:

• MIT Libraries homepage: http://libraries.mit.edu/
• OCLC Connexion: http://www.oclc.org/connexion/
• LC Name Authority File: http://authorities.loc.gov/
• Occasionally there is a new DLC that does not have an authorized form and a heading will need to be created using RDA guidelines (Chapter 11, Section 2): http://access.rdatoolkit.org/.

Resources for formatting and creating MLA citations:

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
• https://www.zotero.org/

Entering Metadata

(the fields listed below are found on the cataloging page)
MITOA Best Practices wiki: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBMETADATA/MITOABestPracs
Note about Authorized Form of Names (personal & corporate bodies):

• MIT Directory is the source of the authorized form of name for MIT Authors
• OA FileMaker DB is the source for the authorized form of MIT DLCs, Publishers, ISSNs, and Sponsors

Authorizing MIT Author

Entered by Submitter

• The first name may need to be changed to reflect what we are using as the authorized form of the name (see MIT Authors below).

Published DOI or URL

Entered by Submitter

• Articles yet to be published will not have a DOI or URL.
• If the link is broken you may need to search for the proper link.
• If the link is broken be sure that is begins with http://dx.doi.org/ (followed by the DOI number string from the publisher's website).
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_02.1 for additional information.

MIT Authors

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, item (checked against MIT Directory)

• Determine which authors of an item are "MIT Authors".
  • Author affiliation is most often denoted by a number or symbol, following the name, which corresponds to a list of affiliated institutions listed below. In some cases authors are listed in groups by their affiliation. Often this information is found on the first page of an item or in a footnote - you may also need to scroll to the end of an article to locate the affiliation information.
• All MIT-associated authors of an item will need to be checked in the MIT directory (the form of name in the directory is what we are considering the authorized form of the name).
  • When searching an author name in the MIT directory do not use the middle initial or middle name (sometimes it is best just to search for the last name).
• Enter the names as provided in the directory regardless of the form of the name found in the item [See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_03.2 for exception].
• Enter the name in the following form: Last, First M., Jr.
  • Remove any accents from the names.
• If the name is not in the MIT directory it will still be entered as an MIT Author. Often there are names of students who have since graduated from the Institute. You may want to search the entire MIT site for the name to double check that an author was a student or faculty at the point when the article was researched/written.
• If you are unable to determine if A. Smith is Adam or Alison use only the initial A.
  • Sometimes a distinction can be made if the author's email address or DLC is listed on the item.
• Exception: If an Author is listed on the item as being part of MIT through the Whitehead Institute, the Ragon Institute, or the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute but does not show up in the MIT directory, do not enter him or her as an MIT Author. Many Whitehead, Ragon, and Woods Hole employees are also MIT affiliates and will show in the directory.
• Exception: Broad Institute: Broad Institute authors will be entered as a MIT Authors only when the published date of a submission is prior to July 1, 2009. Some Broad authors are affiliated with MIT's Biology Department. In that case, enter only the Biology affiliation.
• Exception: Singapore-MIT Alliance
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_03. for additional information

MIT Affiliations

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, item

• Search the OA DB to determine the authorized form of the MIT department, lab, or center (DLC) (and, if necessary, created by the cataloger) [ex: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics]. Note: OCLC and LNAF may also be consulted.
• Enter any MIT DLCs listed in the article.
• Enter any DLCs that appear in an author's MIT Directory record.
• Enter each DLC only once - even when multiple authors are associated with a single DLC.
• Exceptions: Broad Institute (post 7/1/09), MIT-Singapore Alliance, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute are not considered MIT Affiliations and should not be entered. Whitehead Institute, Ragon Institute, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute should only be entered if the Authors are also MIT affiliates.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_04. for additional information

Non-MIT Authors

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, item

If a DOI has been provided this field will be populated with metadata.

• Confirm that the data is correct.
• Delete any MIT Author names that do not match the authorized form used in the MIT Author field.
  • Re-enter the names of MIT Authors using the authorized form used in the MIT Author field.
• Delete any names with incorrect or missing punctuation.
  • Re-enter deleted names with the correct punctuation.

If a DOI has not been provided (Or if the DOI was incorrect):

• Enter the names of all Authors of the item.
  • Remove accents.
• Include the MIT Authors listed above (using the authorized form of the name found in the MIT Directory).
• Exceptions: If an item has more than 30 authors list the MIT Authors only.

Title

Entered by Submitter or Imported via DOI

• Confirm title of article; the title must match the item being submitted.
  Previously used rule (may still need to follow with titles not imported via DOI)
• Title may need to be edited if it contains symbols and subscript/superscripts
  • Often a symbol-free title can be copied and pasted from the publisher-provided citation.
  • Diacritics, symbols, and scientific notations can be entered by cutting and pasting from Character Map (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools).
  • Common title edits:
    -->; [bar over p]; Omega, Delta, Pi, etc; sqrt[#]; [subscript #] or [superscript #]

Title (as published)

Rarely Used Field
Location: Publisher page

• Enter only if the final published version of the item has a different title than the version being submitted to DSpace.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_06.1 for additional information.

Journal

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, OA DB search, Barton journal search

If a DOI has been provided this field will be populated with metadata.

• Confirm that the data is correct.

If a DOI has not been provided (Or if the DOI was incorrect):

• Enter the name of the Journal that has published or will be publishing the item.
• Search the OA DB to locate the appropriate form of the Title (as used in the OA collection).
• Drop articles from the beginning of all Journal Titles - when manually entering
• Do not use the phrase "forthcoming in:" of "submitted to:" before the Journal title.
  • These phrases will be used when creating the citation.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_08. for additional information.

Publisher

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, OA DB, Journal website

• Enter the name of the Publisher of the journal in which the article is published.
• Use the OA DB to locate the the appropriate form of the Publisher name (as used in the OA collection).
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_09. for additional information.

Publication Date

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, citation, item

If a DOI has been provided this field will be populated with metadata [May not be the correct date according to the current OA cataloging rules].

• Confirm that the data is correct.
• Enter the year and month that the item has or will be published.
• Use the online date, if one is provided. If not, use the print date.
• If a month is not available, enter only the year.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_10. for additional information

Date Submitted for Publication

Often Used Field
Location: Publisher page, item

• Enter the year and month that the item was submitted for publication (may not always be available).
• Exception: Publishers may provide multiple dates (submission, revision, accepted). If the item you are cataloging for DSpace is the "Final Published Version" (See Manuscript Version field) enter the revision date, not the original submission date.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_11. for additional information.

Identifiers-Others

Often Used Field
Location: Publisher page, Journal website, Barton journal search, item

If a DOI has been provided this field will be populated with metadata.

• Confirm that the data is correct.
• ISSN is the most common identifier that will be entered.
  • Search the OA DB for all ISSN and ISBN numbers.
  • Enter both the print and online numbers.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_15. for additional information.

Sponsor & Grant Number

Often Used Field
Location: item (usually in an acknowledgements section at the end of an article before the citations)

• Each sponsor will be entered individually.
• Use NAF form of the name, when available (Check OA DB).
• Enter all sponsors associated with MIT authors - look for initials (even if sponsorship was given to a specific individual).
• Enter Sponsors and number in the same field: Sponsor (##). ex: National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Contract 5329010)
• A table has been added to the OA filemaker to keep track of these names. Add names as necessary.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_23. for additional information.
  For more helpful hints on how to correctly enter sponsorship information: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBMETADATA/OA_Sponsors

Subjects/Keywords

No longer used

Abstract

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, item

• Cut and paste the abstract from the item or publisher page (publisher page may provide you with cleaner data) if the field is not already populated.
• Abstracts containing formulas and symbols may need editing. 
  • Diacritics, symbols, and scientific notation can be entered by cutting and pasting from Character Map (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools).
• When the publisher has keywords for article include them after the abstract. The keywords should be preceded by Keyword with a colon. Between each keyword place semicolons.
• If no Abstract is on the item or provided by the publisher:
  • Use the first paragraph of text from the article or book chapter.
  • If book review or letter to the editor, create an abstract (review of Title, or Letter concerning XXX).
• At this time visual abstracts are not supported in DSpace.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_13. for additional information.

Citation

Required Field
Location: Publisher page, item

If a DOI has been provided this field will be populated with metadata.

• Confirm that the data is correct.

If a DOI has not been provided (or if the DOI was incorrect):

• Enter the citation by either:
  • Cutting and pasting citation from publisher page
  • Downloading citation into Zotero or other citation management program (create an MLA citation for the item); or
  • Creating the MLA citation yourself if (1) a citation is not provided by the publisher or (2) the item is forthcoming but not yet published.
    • Citation for formatting a forthcoming publication: Author. "Title." Forthcoming in: Journal Title.
• Review the citation for spacing issues and accuracy. Delete the DOI from the Citation and any downloaded date provided by Zotero.
• Addition: Add © [year of publication 20XX] Publisher to the end of all citations in which we are cataloging the "Final Published Version" (See Manuscript Version field)
  • EXCEPTION: Do not add the copyright statement for "Final Published Versions" if it is obvious from the item or the DOI page that the author(s) maintain(s) the copyright.
• See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_14. for additional information.

Ordered Author

Required Field
Location: item

If a DOI has been provided this field will be populated with metadata.

• Confirm that the data is correct.

If a DOI has not been provided (or if the DOI was incorrect):

• Enter all authors for an item.
• Enter in the order they appear on the item.
• Enter in the form found on the item (don’t use a fuller form of name that we may be getting from other sources).
• Use semicolon+space separators between names.
• Names should be formatted as Last, First M. or Last, F. M.
• Examples:
  • Warden, M. R.; Miller, E. K.
  • Henry, Asegun; Chen, Gang; Plimpton, Steven; Thompson, Aidan
  • Cho, Taeg Sang; Lee, Kyeong-Jae; Kong, Jing; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.

This field is much more sensitive than other fields due to the post-processing done in the back end. Be sure to double check proper formatting before the item is deposited.

MIT License

Entered by Submitter

Manuscript Version

Entered by Submitter

Peer-reviewed Status

Entered by Submitter

Type

Entered by Submitter

Eprint Type

Entered by Submitter

Terms of Use (text)

Entered by Submitter

Terms of Use (link)

Entered by Submitter

Source of Deposit

Entered by Submitter

Embargo Expiration Date

Entered by Submitter
Usually left blank

Description

Entered by Submitter
Usually left blank

• Check to see if a note has been entered to notify the cataloging staff of something. DELETE before submitting!

Final Steps

• When finished entering the metadata for a given item click the "Next" button at the bottom of the page.
• Click the "Complete submission" button.
• Quickly check the item record to be sure that the needed metadata has been entered correctly and in the correct fields
• You now have four buttons to choose from:
  • Commit to archive: Clicking this button will submit the item and corresponding metadata into DSpace (This is the final step in the cataloging process).
  • Edit metadata: Clicking this button will return you to the main cataloging page. You will then be able to make any necessary edits or additions.
  • Return task to pool: Clicking this button will return an item to the original task list you took it from at the beginning of the process. This should only be done if someone else needs access to the record before it is submitted to DSpace.
  • Cancel: Clicking this button will put the item into your own personal task list. This is useful if you need to return to an item at a later time, need to do more research, or need to ask a question about a given item.