Stuart, Nancy2013-12-162013-12-1620072013-12-16http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5084This was a presentation for the BCLA pre-conference "Beyond Limits: Building Open Access Collections" delivered April 19, 2007.This session will attempt to give you an overview of the back room detail of building virtual collections. In this half hour I would like to present important issues to consider when building virtual collections. By the end of the session you will have a better understanding of metadata and the important role it plays in resource discovery. Standards are very important and by the end of the session you will have a better understanding of what a metadata application profile is and the role it plays when building your virtual collections.enopen accessmetadataapplication profilesPresentationUniversity of Victoria Libraries