To consider roles and responsibilities in metadata creation at academic libraries, Fleming et al.
conducted a survey of libraries and their workflow regarding metadata creation (2008). They concluded
that the metadata creation and maintenance had been distributed among librarians and paraprofessionals
working in various library units, both technical services and non-technical services. The metadata
schema most widely used by both groups was Dublin Core, followed by EAD (2008).
What skills might be required of a metadata librarian? Can a catalog librarian strongly versed in MARCcentric
workflows easily become a metadata librarian with a mere name change in position title? What
are the implications for aspiring cataloging librarians?