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Author:

Hider, Philip, 1971-

Title:

Information resource description : creating and managing metadata / Philip Hider.

Publisher:

American Library Association,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xix, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Metadata.
Libraries--Information technology.
Libraries--Technological innovations.
Digital preservation.

Other Authors:

American Library Association.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Definitions and scope. Information resources -- Resource description -- Metadata -- Elements, values, format and transmission -- Managing metadata -- The contemporary information environment -- Information organization -- Overview of this book -- References -- Information resource attributes. Introduction -- Describer and user contexts -- Information resource contexts -- The function of metadata -- From attributes to elements -- References -- Tools and systems. Introduction -- Arrangements -- Indexes and databases -- Bibliographic databases -- Library catalogues -- Periodical databases -- Federated search systems -- Archival finding aids -- Museum registers -- Digital collections -- Search engines -- Online directories -- Bibliographies -- Citation databases -- References -- Metadata sources. Introduction -- Resource creators -- Publishers -- Information professionals -- Library cataloguing -- Metadata librarianship -- Indexing and abstracting -- Archival description -- Museum documentation -- Records management -- Information architecture -- End-users -- Computers -- References -- Metadata quality. Introduction -- Functionality -- Comprehensiveness -- Accuracy -- Clarity -- Consistency -- Vocabulary and authority control -- Principles of best practice -- Quality assurance -- Cost-benefit analysis -- References -- Sharing metadata. Introduction -- Library catalogue records -- Metadata for search engines -- Interoperability -- References -- Metadata standards. Introduction -- Web publishing -- Libraries -- Digital libraries -- Archives -- Museums -- Book publishing -- Book indexing -- Database indexing -- E-research -- Education -- Audiovisual industries -- Business -- Government -- Registries -- References -- Vocabularies. Introduction -- Controlled subject vocabularies -- Subject headings -- Subject thesauri -- Subject classification schemes -- Taxonomies and ontologies -- Non-subject vocabularies -- Vocabulary mapping -- Identification systems -- References -- The future of metadata. Introduction -- Three approaches -- Content-based information retrieval -- Social metadata -- Professional description -- Conclusion -- References.

ISBN:

9780838912010 (pbk.)
083891201X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)810534135

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)