| Edition |
U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"First published in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishing, 2012"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
"Further reading": pages 201-212. |
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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 -- Information resource attributes: Describer and user contexts ; Information resource contexts ; The function of metadata ; From attributes to elements -- Tools and systems: 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 -- Metadata sources: Resource creators ; Publishers ; Information professionals ; Library cataloguing ; Metadata librarianship ; Indexing and abstracting ; Archival description ; Museum documentation ; Records management ; Information architecture ; End-users ; Computers -- Metadata quality: Functionality ; Comprehensiveness ; Accuracy ; Clarity ; Consistency ; Vocabulary and authority control ; Principles of best practice ; Quality assurance ; Cost-benefit analysis -- Sharing metadata: Library catalogue records ; Metadata for search engines ; Interoperability -- Metadata standards: Web publishing ; Libraries ; Digital libraries ; Archives ; Museums ; Book publishing ; Book indexing ; Database indexing ; E-research ; Education ; Audiovisual industries ; Business ; Government ; Registries -- Vocabularies: Controlled subject vocabularies ; Subject headings ; Subject thesauri ; Subject classification schemes ; Taxonomies and ontologies ; Non-subject vocabularies ; Vocabulary mapping ; Identification systems -- The future of metadata: Three approaches ; Content-based information retrieval ; Social metadata ; Professional description ; Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Metadata.
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Libraries -- Information technology.
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Libraries -- Technological innovations.
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Digital preservation.
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| Added Author |
American Library Association.
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| Added Title |
Creating and managing metadata |
| ISBN |
9780838912010 print |
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083891201X print |
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