DEVIN HIGGINS Digital Library Programmer higgi135@mail.lib.msu.edu AARON COLLIE Digital Curation Librarian collie@mail.lib.msu.edu LUCAS MAK Catalog and Metadata Librarian makw@mail.lib.msu.edu SHAWN NICHOLSON Assistant Director for Digital Information nicho147@mail.lib.msu.edu Metadata provides not only a basis for access to resources, but a body of knowledge in itself. Because an ETD collection is generally produced at a single institution, its metadata can:  Model interdisciplinary connections on campus  Show departmental collaborations  Suggest disciplinary directions and information flows  Provide a “portrait” of academic activity METADATA LINKED DATA LEGEND department publication history authority stream outside institutions author advisor category subject “NODES” (CIRCLES) — Categories applied to ETDs by their authors “EDGES” (LINES) — Connections between categories that appear together in ETD metadata SIZE AND THICKNESS of nodes and edges indicates frequency of occurrence across dataset. COLORS indicates affinity groups. Linguistics Biochemistry Microbiology Religion Parasitology Curriculum development Computer science Plant sciences Plant pathology Animal behavior Natural resource management Biomechanics Operations research Architectural engineering Native American studies Astrophysics Management Sociology of education Business Limnology Ocean engineering European history Nuclear chemistry Entrepreneurship Sustainability Early childhood education Black history Chemical engineering Web studies Energy Ethics Area planning and development Physics Behavioral sciences Economic history Organic chemistry Environmental economics Modern history Comparative literature South Asian studies Educational leadership Horticulture Recreation and tourism Hispanic American studies Teacher education Kinesiology Higher education Labor relations Counseling psychology Electrical engineering Mechanics Forestry Baltic studies Ecology Nursing Social research South African studies Robotics Physical anthropology Environmental management Fisheries and aquatic sciences Morphology Middle school education Pathology Education Agriculture Environmental philosophy Regional studies Materials Science Technical communication Statistics Animal sciences Economics, Labor Geographic information science and geodesy Marketing Law African American studies Alternative energy Higher education administration Health sciences Biogeochemistry Religious history Economic theory Artificial intelligence Physical chemistry Geotechnology Neurosciences Biology African studies Electromagnetics Public health Entomology Engineering Secondary education Immunology Wildlife management Foreign language instruction Cellular biology Toxicology Health education Nanotechnology Astronomy Biomedical engineering Caribbean literature Rhetoric Asian American studies Clinical psychology Education finance Asian studies Physical geography Latin American literature Applied mathematics Educational administration Religious education Paleoecology Systematic biology American studies Social work Pedagogy Chemistry Multicultural education Archaeology Cultural anthropology Forensic anthropology Economics, Commerce-Business Aesthetics Molecular biology Mass communication Dance Communication Conservation biology Gender studies Packaging Animal diseases Design Public administration Environmental education Zoology Criminology Sociology Social structure Architecture Social sciences education Home economics Philosophy Genetics Mechanical engineering Cognitive psychology Obstetrics and gynecology Multimedia Education policy GLBT studies Philosophy of education Textile research Soil sciences Music Political Science Educational evaluation Medicine Medical ethics Veterinary medicine Biophysics Remote sensing Polymer chemistry Nutrition Nuclear physics Organization theory Finance Military studies Optics English as a second language Epidemiology Ophthalmology Latin American studies Educational tests and measur