Dublin Core and the Cataloguing of University Heritage: A Reality Based on Sustainability

Abstract

The heritage of the University of Barcelona is structured into several collections that have used diverse cataloguing systems until now. These collections required a unifying metadata schema that were simple yet rigorous, as most of the individuals responsible for these collections were not cataloguing specialists and did not work full-time on the collections. An application profile based on DCMI Metadata Terms was proposed to address this need and unify the different cataloguing systems. This application profile incorporates properties derived from extensive studies of LIDO and CIDOC CRM. It has been successfully applied in the Virtual Museum of the University of Barcelona from 2020 to the present.