This paper describes an investigation into whether institutional repositories at member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) provide publicly available metadata documentation via the repositories’ websites. The study compares the results of a September 2017 survey with findings from a review of ARL institutional repository websites. Slightly more than half of ARL institutional repositories do provide metadata documentation. Implications of the results are discussed, including specific research questions for moving forward. A call to reimagine documentation as a tool of transparency is delivered.

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ARL 机构知识库中的元数据文档实践

本文描述了研究图书馆协会 (ARL) 成员图书馆的机构知识库是否通过知识库网站提供公开可用的元数据文档的调查。该研究将 2017 年 9 月的调查结果与对 ARL 机构知识库网站的审查结果进行了比较。略多于一半的 ARL 机构知识库确实提供元数据文档。讨论了结果的影响，包括推进的具体研究问题。呼吁将文档重新构想为透明工具。