Atkins Library receives ETD metadata records from ProQuest, delivered in Proquest’s XML standard. This metadata includes student-supplied keywords and controlled terms from ProQuest’s own subject vocabulary—but no terms from the FAST subject vocabulary used in Atkins’ institutional repository, Niner Commons. This omission prevented subject faceting and collocation both in Niner Commons and in the library’s catalog. Student keywords were also in all caps, which is inconsistent with widely accepted standards for metadata display. This remediation project applied FAST terms to ETD records, normalized capitalization, and eliminated whitespace and formatting errors to improve discoverability and the user experience. Presented at the 2022 NCLA Resources and Technical Services Fall Virtual Poster Session.
