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Metadata for digital resources : implementation, systems design and interoperability / Muriel Foulonneau and Jenn Riley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Chandos information professional seriesPublication details: Oxford : Chandos Pub., 2008.Description: xvi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781843343011
  • 1843343010
  • 9781843343028
  • 1843343029
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Metadata for digital resources.DDC classification:
  • 025.3 22 FOU
Contents:
What is metadata? -- Choosing metadata standards for a digital library project -- Creating metadata usage guidelines -- Creating metadata -- Practical implementation of a metadata strategy -- Functions performed by a digital library system -- Metadata that drives discovery functionality -- Defining interoperability -- Interoperability and resource discovery -- Technical interoperability -- Content interoperability: shareable metadata -- The future of metadata.
Summary: This book is intended to assist information professionals in improving the usability of digital objects by adequately documenting them and using tools for metadata management. It provides practical advice for libraries, archives, and museums dealing with digital collections in a wide variety of formats and from a wider variety of sources. This book is forward-thinking in its approach to using metadata to drive digital library systems, and will be a valuable resource for those creating and managing digital resources as technologies for using those resources grow and change. This book will be a valuable resource for librarians and information professionals planning or implementing digital projects in cultural heritage institutions. Students in library and information science will gain an introduction to the complex and interrelated challenges to creating high-quality, interoperable digital resources. - Publisher.
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What is metadata? -- Choosing metadata standards for a digital library project -- Creating metadata usage guidelines -- Creating metadata -- Practical implementation of a metadata strategy -- Functions performed by a digital library system -- Metadata that drives discovery functionality -- Defining interoperability -- Interoperability and resource discovery -- Technical interoperability -- Content interoperability: shareable metadata -- The future of metadata.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is intended to assist information professionals in improving the usability of digital objects by adequately documenting them and using tools for metadata management. It provides practical advice for libraries, archives, and museums dealing with digital collections in a wide variety of formats and from a wider variety of sources. This book is forward-thinking in its approach to using metadata to drive digital library systems, and will be a valuable resource for those creating and managing digital resources as technologies for using those resources grow and change. This book will be a valuable resource for librarians and information professionals planning or implementing digital projects in cultural heritage institutions. Students in library and information science will gain an introduction to the complex and interrelated challenges to creating high-quality, interoperable digital resources. - Publisher.

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