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Information resource description : creating and managing metadata / Philip Hider.
Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : ALA editions, 2013, c2012.Edition: U.S. edDescription: xix, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780838912010 (pbk.) :
- 083891201X (pbk.) :
- Creating and managing metadata
- Z666.7 .H53 2013
Contents:
Summary: Hider shows how information resources are organized through their descriptions, providing an overview of both the process and the product as they function in the contemporary information environment.
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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | Z 666.7 .H53 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5103372 |
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| Z 666.5 .H43 2010 The accidental taxonomist / | Z 666.5 .T39 2009 The organization of information / | Z 666.6 .U53 2007 Understanding FRBR : what it is and how it will affect our retrieval tools / | Z 666.7 .H53 2013 Information resource description : creating and managing metadata / | Z 666.7 .I58 2006 Metadata and its impact on libraries / | Z 666.7 .Z46 2008 Metadata / | Z 667 .B34 2011 Modern information retrieval : the concepts and technology behind search / |
"First published in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishing, 2012"--T.p. verso.
"Further reading": p. 201-212.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hider shows how information resources are organized through their descriptions, providing an overview of both the process and the product as they function in the contemporary information environment.
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.
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