A Study of Users Expectations for Metadata Repositories of Educational Resources

Abstract

This paper presents the role of contemporary digital libraries with educational resources in Europe. The importance of enriching digital resources with complete, descriptive and accurate metadata is discussed as well as how these metadata are supported within an European project – Share.TEC. The paper presents the results of a workshop with members of the project target group. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire and provide feedback about specific issues related to the metadata of digital resources for teacher education community. The results of the workshop are discussed and analysed. They were used for future improvements of the Share.TEC system.