Open sharing and reuse of library bibliographic metadata improves the discoverability and usefulness of library resources. Open metadata also supports scholarship, research and innovation. This primer sketches three steps to sharing your institution’s bibliographic metadata based on our experience with providing open bibliographic metadata at Cornell University Library:

1. Policy, Copyright and Licensing – Develop a policy and select a license
2. Scope – Decide what records or fields should or must be excluded
3. Provide Access – Create the dataset, make it available, and plan updates