Papers originally presented at the 2001-2002 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services regional institutes on AACR2 and metadata. "Co-published simultaneously as Cataloging & classification quarterly, volume 36, numbers 3/4, 2003." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Cataloguing in an electronic age / Michael Gorman -- Why metadata? why me? why now? / Brian E.C. Schottlaender -- Developing a metadata strategy / Grace Agnew -- Practical issues in applying metadata schemas and controlled vocabularies to cultural heritage information / Murtha Baca -- Digital resources and metadata applications in the Shanghai Library / Yuan-liang Ma, Wei Liu -- Struggling toward retrieval : alternatives to standard operating procedures can help librarians and the public / Sheila S. Intner -- AACR2 and other metadata standards : the way forward / Ann Huthwaite -- AACR2 and metadata : library opportunities in the global semantic web / Barbara B. Tillett -- Seriality : what have we accomplished? what's next? / Jean Hirons -- MARC and mark-up / Erik Jul -- ISSN : dumb number, smart solution / Regina Romano Reynolds.
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