docs: def __read_lipd_contents():
      """
      Use the file metadata to read in the LiPD file contents as a dataset library
  
      :return dict: Metadata
      """
      global files, settings
      _d = {}
      try:
          if len(files[".lpd"]) == 1:
              _d = lipd_read(files[".lpd"][0]["full_path"])
              if settings["verbose"]:
                  print("Finished read: 1 record")
          else:
              for file in files[".lpd"]:
                  _d[file["filename_no_ext"]] = lipd_read(file["full_path"])
              if settings["verbose"]:
                  print("Finished read: {} records".format(len(_d)))
      except Exception as e:
          print("Error: read_lipd_contents: {}".format(e))
      return _d