Afterword

I am incredibly grateful to my coauthors for supporting my idea to write a practical how-to guide for DEI metadata. Everyone worked very hard on their chapters while also navigating busy schedules full of routine work, special projects, and job changes.

In recent years, there has been a growing body of resources with valuable advice from innovative and forward-thinking metadata creators, but these are scattered and not always easy to find, and they require time to review and synthesize. Nevertheless, this book would not be possible without the critical thinking, information sharing, and dedication of these people, and I share my deepest thanks to them for their important groundwork.

My vision was to produce a one-stop, readable reference, and to make it freely available through open access. Many thanks to Harrison W. Inefuku at Iowa State University Digital Press for supporting my idea and for turning our manuscript into a real e-book.

Readers are welcome to contact metadata@iastate.edu with feedback or questions related to this book.

Harriet E. Wintermute, May 2024