Today I spent the day learning how to create metadata for all the documents I’ve scanned in the past month. Like the assessment I made last week when I discussed digitizing the Frankish copy book, I’ll never look at metadata the same! It’s surprisingly difficult to whittle down a pamphlet or document to the right key words and subjects that will lead researches to the materials they seek. I hope my first attempt at creating metadata (which I probably spent way too much time overthinking it) proves fruitful for future researches hoping to learn more about the Etiwanda Water Company!
