What metadata is being captured about the digitized works?
MARC records and administrative metadata are being captured following existing standards. Dublin Core is being used for materials that have not previously been catalogued or where MARC is inappropriate, for example, for photographs and three-dimensional cultural artifacts. top Publishers might not give the MBP blanket permission to digitize and make available all of their out-of-print, in-copyright titles, but might entertain requests for permission to digitize specific titles. Is that possible? The MBP approach is to request permission for a range of years, for example, everything published prior to 1990. A publisher could specify the cut-off year or, alternatively, specify the list of titles for which they grant non-exclusive permission to digitize in the MBP.
