How a library team improved metadata readiness before a repository migration
Institution Library
An institution library used Inrep Scholar to audit and correct metadata gaps across hundreds of legacy records before migrating to a new discovery platform.
Ahead of a planned migration to a national discovery index, the library team ran a full metadata quality audit. They found that a significant portion of existing records were missing abstracts, keywords, or proper author attribution — fields required by the new platform.
Using Inrep Scholar's metadata quality reports and bulk correction tools, the team worked through the backlog systematically. Each record with missing fields was flagged, assigned to a responsible department, and tracked through correction and re-approval.
By migration day, the library had complete metadata coverage on all records flagged for the national index. The migration ran without data rejection errors.
Key outcomes
- Metadata gaps identified and corrected before the migration deadline
- Bulk editing tools reduced time per record correction
- Zero data rejection errors at national index migration