Information resource description creating and managing metadata
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Chicago, Ill.
ALA editions
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. 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
- ch. 2. Information resource attributes. Describer and user contexts ; Information resource contexts ; The function of metadata ; From attributes to elements
- ch. 3. 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
- ch. 4. 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
- ch. 5. Metadata quality. Functionality ; Comprehensiveness ; Accuracy ; Clarity ; Consistency ; Vocabulary and authority control ; Principles of best practice ; Quality assurance ; Cost-benefit analysis
- ch. 6. Sharing metadata. Library catalogue records ; Metadata for search engines ; Interoperability
- ch. 7. Metadata standards: Web publishing ; Libraries ; Digital libraries ; Archives ; Museums ; Book publishing ; Book indexing ; Database indexing ; E-research ; Education ; Audiovisual industries ; Business ; Government ; Registries
- ch. 8. Vocabularies: Controlled subject vocabularies ; Subject headings ; Subject thesauri ; Subject classification schemes ; Taxonomies and ontologies ; Non-subject vocabularies ; Vocabulary mapping ; Identification systems
- ch. 9. The future of metadata: Three approaches ; Content-based information retrieval ; Social metadata ; Professional description ; Conclusion.