Information resource description : creating and managing metadata /
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| Author / Creator: | Hider, Philip, 1971- |
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| Edition: | U.S. ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, 2013. |
| Description: | xix, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8955961 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures and tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 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
- References
- 2. Information resource attributes
- Introduction
- Describer and user contexts
- Information resource contexts
- The functions of metadata
- From attributes to elements
- References
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. Metadata quality
- Introduction
- Functionality
- Comprehensiveness
- Accuracy
- Clarity
- Consistency
- Vocabulary and authority control
- Principles of best practice
- Quality assurance
- Cost-benefit analysis
- References
- 6. Sharing metadata
- Introduction
- Library catalogue records
- Metadata for search engines
- Interoperability
- References
- 7. 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
- 8. Vocabularies
- Introduction
- Controlled subject vocabularies
- Subject headings
- Subject thesauri
- Subject classification schemes
- Taxonomies and ontologies
- Non-subject vocabularies
- Vocabulary mapping
- Identification systems
- References
- 9. The future of metadata
- Introduction
- Three approaches
- Content-based information retrieval
- Social metadata
- Professional description
- Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Metatadata standards
- Index