Metadata and its impact on libraries

Author(s)

• Intner, Sheila S.
• Lazinger, Susan S. (Susan Smernoff)
• Weihs, Jean Riddle

Bibliographic Information

Metadata and its impact on libraries

Sheila S. Intner, Susan S. Lazinger, and Jean Weihs

（Library and information science text series）

Libraries Unlimited, 2006

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Three mavens of the cataloging world tackle the topic of metadata, explaining fundamental concepts and their accompanying rationales, as well as exploring current developments and future innovations in the library world. Part One examines the characteristics of multiple metadata schema, the creation of metadata for both monographic and continuous electronic resources, and its integration into local catalogs and databases. Part Two explores metadata's effect on current developments in online reference, choice of metadata schema, archiving, and digital preservation, and professional education, as well as future innovations yet unborn. A must-read for sophisticated information specialists, as well as for those who aspire to similar heights of intellectual worldliness. We believe that the community of information professionals who have organized and preserved the world's written treasures for thousands of years will not fail to continue to organize and preserve the world's digital treasures in the future, demonstrating their usual sensitivity and creativity, remembering the lessons history has taught them, and keeping in mind the interests of all their user communities, present and future, as they have always done. With these bold words, three mavens of the cataloging world tackle the topic of metadata. Undaunted by its dominance in the lexicon and collective consciousness of the library profession, they deftly anatomize the concept of data about data into discrete aspects (Metadata), then relate those aspects to a miscellany of circumstances in which librarians may increasingly find themselves (Its Impact on Libraries). Part One examines the characteristics of multiple metadata schema, the creation of metadata for both monographic and continuous electronic resources, and its integration into local catalogs and databases. Part Two explores metadata's effect on current developments in online reference, choice of metadata schema, archiving and digital preservation, and professional education, as well as future innovations yet unborn. A must-read for sophisticated information specialists, as well as those who aspire to similar heights of intellectual worldliness.

Table of Contents

Metadata Concepts & Definitions What is Metadata? Metadata Schemas & Their Relationships to Particular Communities Library and Information-related Metadata Schemas Creating Library Metadata for Monographic Materials Creating Library Metadata for Continuing Materials Integrating Library Metadata Into Local Cataloging and Bibliographic Databases Impact on Current & Future Collections & Services Digital Collections/Digital Libraries Archiving & Preserving Digital Materials Impact of Digital Resources on Library Services Future Possibilities Appendix A: Glossary of Acronyms Appendix B: Answers to Exercises Index

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• NCID: BA75260528
• ISBN:
  • 1591581451
• LCCN: 2005030803
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: v, 262 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z666.7
  • DC22 : 025.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Metadata
  • LCSH : Information organization
  • LCSH : Cataloging -- Standards
  • LCSH : Cataloging of electronic information resources
  • LCSH : Cataloging of integrating resources
  • LCSH : Information storage and retrieval systems
  • LCSH : Machine-readable bibliographic data formats
  • LCSH : Electronic information resources -- Management
  • LCSH : Digital preservation
  • LCSH : Digital libraries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA2789952X