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Book SynopsisDesigned for the digital world and an expanding universe of metadata users, RDA: Resource Description and Access is the new, unified cataloguing standard. Benefits of RDA include: A structure based on the conceptual models of FRBR (functional requirements for bibliographic data) and FRAD (functional requirements for authority data) to help catalogue users find the information they need more easily A flexible framework for content description of digital resources that also serves the needs of libraries organizing traditional resources A better fit with emerging technologies, enabling institutions to introduce efficiencies in data capture and storage retrieval. The online RDA Toolkit provides a one-stop resource for evaluating and implementing RDA, and is the most effective way to interact with the new standard. It includes searchable and browseable RDA instructions; two views of RDA content, by table of contents and by element set; user-created and shareable workflows and mappings - tools to customize RDA to support your organization’s training, internal processes, and local policies; Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements (LC-PCC PS) and links to other relevant cataloguing resources; and the full text of AACR2 with links to RDA. This full-text print version of RDA offers a snapshot that serves as an offline access point to help solo and part-time cataloguers evaluate RDA, as well as to support training and classroom use in any size institution. An index is included. The online RDA Toolkit includes PDFs, but purchasing the print version offers a convenient, time-saving option. The 2015 RDA Print Revision contains: A full accumulation of RDA - the revision contains a full set of all current RDA instructions. It replaces the previous version of RDA Print rather than being an update packet to that version. Numerous changes to the text of RDA have been made since the publication of the 2014 Revision. Cataloguing practice described by RDA has not altered dramatically due to these changes, but over a significant number of the pages in RDA Print were affected by the changes, making an RDA Print update packet impracticable.. The most current RDA - the revision contains all changes to RDA up to and including the 2015 RDA Update approved by the JSC. There are two types of changes to RDA that routinely take place-"Fast Track" changes and RDA Updates. The JSC periodically issues Fast Track changes to RDA to fix errors and to clarify meaning. These changes do not typically change cataloguing practice as described by RDA. An RDA Update is issued annually. In an Update process the JSC considers proposals to enhance and improve RDA as a cataloguing standard. An Update can and often does change the cataloguing process described in RDA. The 2015 Revision includes all Fast Track changes and RDA Updates since the 2014 publication of RDA in August 2014. Table of ContentsA full accumulation of RDA - the revision contains a full set of all current RDA instructions. It replaces the previous version of RDA Print rather than being an update packet to that version. Numerous changes to the text of RDA have been made since the publication of the 2014 Revision. Cataloguing practice described by RDA has not altered dramatically due to these changes, but over a significant number of the pages in RDA Print were affected by the changes, making an RDA Print update packet impracticable.The most current RDA - the revision contains all changes to RDA up to and including the 2015 RDA Update approved by the JSC. There are two types of changes to RDA that routinely take place-Fast Track changes and RDA Updates. The JSC periodically issues Fast Track changes to RDA to fix errors and to clarify meaning. These changes do not typically change cataloguing practice as described by RDA. An RDA Update is issued annually. In an Update process the JSC considers proposals to enhance and improve RDA as a cataloguing standard. An Update can and often does change the cataloguing process described in RDA. The 2015 Revision includes all Fast Track changes and RDA Updates since the 2014 publication of RDA in August 2014.

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Book SynopsisPractical Ontologies for Information Professionals provides an accessible introduction and exploration of ontologies and demonstrates their value to information professionals. More data and information is being created than ever before. Ontologies, formal representations of knowledge with rich semantic relationships, have become increasingly important in the context of today’s information overload and data deluge. The publishing and sharing of explicit explanations for a wide variety of conceptualizations, in a machine readable format, has the power to both improve information retrieval and discover new knowledge. Information professionals are key contributors to the development of new, and increasingly useful, ontologies. Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals provides an accessible introduction to the following: defining the concept of ontologies and why they are increasingly important to information professionals ontologies and the semantic web existing ontologies, such as RDF, RDFS, SKOS, and OWL2 adopting and building ontologies, showing how to avoid repetition of work and how to build a simple ontology interrogating ontologies for reuse the future of ontologies and the role of the information professional in their development and use. This book will be useful reading for information professionals in libraries and other cultural heritage institutions who work with digitalization projects, cataloguing and classification and information retrieval. It will also be useful to LIS students who are new to the field.Trade Review“ ... an impressive and comprehensive study. Of special note are the chapters on 'Ontologies and Information Professions'; 'Alternative Semantic Visions'; and 'Ontological Documentation'. Impressively well written, organized, and presented, "Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals" will prove to be an enduringly valued and appreciated addition to professional, community, and academic library Information Science reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.” -- Michael J. Carson * Midwest Book Review, Reviewer's Bookwatch *Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals offers insight into the evolution of classification of digital data and knowledge. This book will be useful to archivists, domain experts, LIS students, and library and information professionals.Recommended. * ARBA *As a relative novice, I was still able to come away from this book with a good idea of how exactly the linked data models are made manifest. I would recommend this book for experienced information professionals interested in concrete examples of an often nebulous subject. -- Eric Brownell * Technical Services Quarterly *The generous provision of definitions, insights on the development of contemporary tools, and identification of theoretical concerns provide a sound introduction ... This guide has potential as an textbook for those focusing on library information systems careers. -- Betty J. Glass * Library Journal *Table of Contents1. What is an ontology? 2. Ontologies and the Semantic Web 3. Existing ontologies 4. Adopting ontologies 5. Building ontologies 6. Interrogating ontologies 7. The future of ontologies and the role of the information professional

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Book SynopsisDiscovery is central to academic activities at all levels and is a major focus for libraries and museums. Of all the parts of modern library provision, discovery services are the most clearly affected by developments in IT, from databases to search engines to linked data to machine learning. It is crucial to the relationship between libraries and their communities. This book will help its readers learn how to adapt in a fast changing area to continue to provide a high level of service. Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library contains a range of contributions analysing the ways in which libraries are tackling the challenges facing them in discovery in the (post)-Google era. Chapters are written by experts, both global and local – describing specific areas of discovery and local implementations and ideas. The book will help with enhancing discovery both inbound – making locally held resources globally discoverable, and outbound – making global resources locally discoverable, in ways which are relevant to your user community. Content covered includes:· a survey of what resource discovery is today · case studies from around the world of interesting approaches to discovery· analysis of how users approach discovery · how to understand and make the best use of Internet search engines· using limited resources to help users find collections · linked open data and discovery · the future of discovery.This book will be useful for subject librarians and others who give direct support to library users, digital library technicians, managers, staff with responsibility for managing electronic resources, metadata and discovery specialists, trainers and user education specialists. It will also be of use to curators and others who give direct support to researchers, managers of digitisation and cataloguing products, IT staff, trainers and user education specialists.Trade Review'Knowledgeably compiled and expertly edited by Simon McLeish, "Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library" will help community and academic librarians learn how to adapt in a fast changing area to continue to provide a high level of service…Exceptionally well organized and presented, "Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library" will prove to be ideal as a curriculum textbook and is unreservedly recommended for both college and university Library Science collections.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *'Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library will also be quite useful for subject librarians and others who give direct support to library users, digital library technicians, managers, staff with responsibility for managing electronic resources, metadata and discovery specialists, trainers and user education specialists...Exceptionally well organized and presented, Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library will prove to be ideal as a curriculum textbook and is unreservedly recommended for both college and university Library Science collections.' -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *'If you are a cataloguer whose motivation is to work through your institution’s aching backlog but who wishes to understand the reasons behind many of the changes that have swept across our workflows, this is a great book for you.' -- Anne Welsh * Catalogue and Index *Table of Contents1 Foreword: Library Discovery Directions2 Introduction: Technology and Resource Discovery3 Flipping the catalogue: Taking resource discovery to the next level4 Breaking the Record: Liberating Data into Knowledge at the National Library Board of Singapore5 Case Study: Clearing Library Discovery-to-Access Pathways for IEEE Content6 Case Study: Putting Discovery at the Heart of the Library Experience7 Investigating Resource Discovery Needs at the University of Oxford8 "Why can't you just use Google?"9 Exposing Collections and Resources Effectively10 Open Source Discovery Using Blacklight at the University of Hull11 A World of Curated Knowledge: Leveraging the wider semantic web to enhance library discovery12 Cultural Discovery: Trends and Futures13 A Resource Discovery Dystopia14 Discovering the Future15 Editorial Afterword

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Book SynopsisThis new edition offers a fully updated and expanded overview of the field of information organization, examining the description of information resources as both a product and process of the contemporary digital environment.Information Resource Description, 2nd edition explains how the various elements and values of descriptive metadata support a set of common information retrieval functions across a wide range of environments. Through this unifying framework, the book provides an integrated commentary on the various fields and practices of information organization carried out by today’s information professionals and end-users.Updates to the first edition include coverage of: recent scholarship published in the field linked open linked data initiatives such as BIBFRAME the new IFLA Library Reference Model and its five user tasks current versions of the key metadata standards contemporary discovery tools and approaches. The book is intended for LIS students taking information organization courses at either undergraduate and postgraduate levels, information professionals wishing to specialize in the field, and existing metadata specialists who wish to update their knowledge.Trade Review'Hider's writing is clear, fluent and at times humourous. This book provides an excellent survey of the subject for beginners and provides both a refresher and deep insights for tose already aquainted with the basics.'— Joshua Hutchinson, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, UCI Libraries, University of California Irvine * Technical Services Quarterly *'Hider has presented a balanced view of the issues and challenges inherent in creating and managing metadata. As such, the second edition of his book serves as a useful introduction to the field of information organization and management as it exists today This work is recommended for students new to the field and for academic libraries desiring to have the most up-to-date information.'— Jan Mayo, Head of General Collections Cataloguing, East Carolina University Greenville * Serials Review *'The book is skillfully concise...yet comprehensive...The work inspires and provides the means to delve deep into the subject, making it a reliable and excellent learning and teaching resource.'— M.P.Satija, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science -- M.P. Satija * Journal of Education for Library and Information Science *Table of Contents1. Definitions and scope 2. Information resource attributes 3. Tools and systems 4. Metadata sources 5. Metadata quality 6. Sharing metadata 7. Metadata standards 8. Vocabularies 9. The future of metadata.

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Book SynopsisThis highly practical handbook teaches you how to unlock the value of your existing metadata through cleaning, reconciliation, enrichment and linking and how to streamline the process of new metadata creation. Libraries, archives and museums are facing up to the challenge of providing access to fast growing collections whilst managing cuts to budgets. Key to this is the creation, linking and publishing of good quality metadata as Linked Data that will allow their collections to be discovered, accessed and disseminated in a sustainable manner. This highly practical handbook teaches you how to unlock the value of your existing metadata through cleaning, reconciliation, enrichment and linking and how to streamline the process of new metadata creation. Metadata experts Seth van Hooland and Ruben Verborgh introduce the key concepts of metadata standards and Linked Data and how they can be practically applied to existing metadata, giving readers the tools and understanding to achieve maximum results with limited resources. Readers will learn how to critically assess and use (semi-)automated methods of managing metadata through hands-on exercises within the book and on the accompanying website. Each chapter is built around a case study from institutions around the world, demonstrating how freely available tools are being successfully used in different metadata contexts. This handbook delivers the necessary conceptual and practical understanding to empower practitioners to make the right decisions when making their organisations resources accessible on the Web Key topics include The value of metadata Metadata creation – architecture, data models and standards Metadata cleaning Metadata reconciliation Metadata enrichment through Linked Data and named-entity recognition Importing and exporting metadata Ensuring a sustainable publishing model Readership: This will be an invaluable guide for metadata practitioners and researchers within all cultural heritage contexts, from library cataloguers and archivists to museum curatorial staff. It will also be of interest to students and academics within information science and digital humanities fields. IT managers with responsibility for information systems, as well as strategy heads and budget holders, at cultural heritage organisations, will find this a valuable decision-making aid.Trade Review"Van Hooland and Verborgh’s handbook on linked data is the first book-length treatment of the subject aimed at museum curators, librarians, archivists and people working in digital humanities. The authors’ ambition is to make linked data and the challenges associated with it more comprehensible to heritage professionals. The tone and organization of the handbook are overtly pedagogical. Its chapters are intended not only to follow a logical progression – looking in turn at modelling, cleaning, reconciling, enriching and publishing metadata, topped and tailed by an introduction and conclusion – but also to be usable individually...In summary, this handbook is a rewarding introduction to the topic of linked data and justifies its place on the professional’s bookshelf. It is probably essential reading for any archivist with, or aiming to develop, a special interest in how metadata can or should be made fit for purpose." -- Archives and Records"Van Hooland and Verborgh have taken the time and effort to provide a comprehensive primer on linked data concepts that can easily be used as either a linked data textbook for library and information science educators or a linked data handbook for library, archive, and museum technical services...Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums is definitely a book that LIS educators and library technical services and information technology professionals should put on their short list for this year’s professional reading purchases."- Technicalities"...an important addition to the library science canon. Many important concepts to understanding linked data are covered within and it will open your eyes to the possible challenges ahead with sharing your own data. Even if you never work on the applications or project to share data, as a data creator, it is good to keep these problems and concepts in mind as you catalog and create vocabularies." -- Online Audiovisual Catalogers"...this book chooses a natural flow for starting to understand how linked data applies to the work of cultural institutions and the many ways their work and collections fit on the Internet. It goes beyond technical details to provide a broader historical context for linked data and its uses in libraries, archives, and museums...as a primer for understanding the wider-picture of how all these pieces sit together, it is a great resource. This book would be very suitable as a core text and jump off point in a class on linked data. Or, for that matter, as an open data course with linked data as a focal point, as I do feel it is generalized enough to be somewhat useful for those interested in enriching and linking data sets outside of a LAM setting. Finally, it is of course a good resource for working professionals who want a manageable starting point for figuring out what linked data is and how they can start incorporating it into their workflows and day-to-day efforts." -- subtxt/in"Van Hooland and Verborgh provide an accessible and useful road map for making intelligent decisions about how to best create and publish linked data for cultural heritage collections." -- metaware.buzz“... a practical look at linked data that is feasible for novice readers who want to begin working with the technologies and tools that exist to make current collections linkable in the web... It is refreshing to have a book that talks about linked data in a practical manner and pushes away from abstraction and theory.” * Serials Review *Seth van Hooland and Ruben Verborgh have provided us with an excellent overview of linked data in their important work Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums...an important book which will benefit all those working with metadata and interested in learning about cleaning, linking, and publishing their metadata...This handbook is a great addition to any technical services department’s reference shelf and well worth a careful consideration. -- Patrick Lavey * Cataloging & Classification Quarterly *Table of ContentsForeword - Sebastian Chan1. Introduction Metadata at the crossroads Definition and scope of key concepts Position and originality of the handbook Structure and learning objectives Get in touch! Note References 2. Modelling Introduction Tabular data Relational model Meta-markup languages Linked data Conclusion Case study: linked data at your fingertips Notes References 3. Cleaning Introduction A new field of data quality Data profiling Conclusion Case study: Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Notes Bibliography 4. Reconciling Introduction Controlled vocabularies Semantics and machines Bringing controlled vocabularies to the web Enabling interconnections Conclusion Case study: Powerhouse Museum Notes References 5. Enriching Introduction The potential of crowdsourcing Embracing scale Gold mining for semantics Managing ambiguous uRLs Conclusion Case study: the british Library Notes References 6. Publishing Introduction Identifying content with URLs Marking up content A web for humans and machines Conclusion Case study: Cooper-hewitt National Design Museum Notes References 7. Conclusions Statistics, probability and the humanities Market forces Use of URLs Engage Note References

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Book SynopsisWill there be a library catalogue in the future and, if so, what will it look like? In the last 25 years, the library catalogue has undergone an evolution, from card catalogues to OPACs, discovery systems and even linked data applications making library bibliographic data accessible on the web. At the same time, users expectations of what catalogues will be able to offer in the way of discovery have never been higher. This groundbreaking edited collection brings together some of the foremost international cataloguing practitioners and thought leaders, including Lorcan Dempsey, Emmanuelle Bermès, Marshall Breeding and Karen Calhoun, to provide an overview of the current state of the art of the library catalogue and look ahead to see what the library catalogue might become. Practical projects and cutting edge concepts are showcased in discussions of: linked data and the Semantic Web user expectations and needs bibliographic control the FRBRization of the catalogue innovations in search and retrieval next-generation discovery products and mobile catalogues. Readership: Cataloguers and metadata specialists, library adminstrators and managers responsible for planning and strategy, systems librarians, user services managers, electronic resources librarians, and digital library project managers, students on cataloguing, information management and digital library courses.Trade ReviewCatalogue 2.0 certainly has its value as a snapshot of where the library catalogue is today and an exploration of where it may be headed. While sections of the book are particularly relevant to technical services and systems librarians, it is certainly worth a read for anyone interested in both a summary of recent developments in and forecast for the library catalog. It could also serve as a reading for a course on library systems, and some of the individual chapters may be appropriate for other library courses as well. -- Library Resources and Technical ServicesCatalogue 2.0 is valuable reading for anyone involved in providing a version of the library catalogue to users, which is most of us. -- Australian Library JournalWhat is the state of the library catalogue now, and what might it become in the future? Authors of this excellent book answer those questions through theoretical discussions and practical examples of what have been done by libraries. Written by an international team of library and information professionals, Catalogue 2.0 does not disappoint. -- Collection ManagementThis book presents complex theoretical concepts well. It provides practical examples and case studies too. In my opinion it shows the Library Catalogue is alive and well – but is also evolving as the technological landscape and the needs and wishes of users evolve. I think it is essential reading and the broad range of topics covered give a good overview of the future of the catalogue. -- Managing InformationThis book is easy to read, and covers many issues in its 200 pages. The book encourages further discussion of the issues raised, rather than stating an immovable position. For this reason it is recommended as being suitable for students of library and information science, as well as cataloguers, systems librarians, managers, e-resources librarians and client services librarians. The sections on RDF will be of interest to all professionals working within cataloguing. -- Australian Academic & Research LibrariesTable of ContentsForeword - Marshall Breeding Introduction - Sally Chambers 1. Next generation catalogues: what do users think? - Anne Christensen 2. Making search work for the library user - Till Kinstler 3. Next-generation discovery: an overview of the European Scene - Marshall Breeding 4. The mobile library catalogue - Lukas Koster and Driek Heesakkers 5. FRBRizing your catalogue - Rosemie Callewaert 6. Enabling your catalogue for the semantic web - Emmanuelle Bermes 7. Supporting digital scholarship: bibliographic control, library co-operatives and open access repositories - Karen Calhoun 8. Thirteen ways of look at the libraries, discovery and the catalogue: scale, workflow, attention - Lorcan Dempsey

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Book SynopsisSocial tagging (including hashtags) is used over platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, WordPress, Tumblr and YouTube across countries and cultures meaning that one single hashtag can link information from a variety of resources. This new book explores social tagging as a potential form of linked data and shows how it can provide an increasingly important way to categorise and store information resources. The internet is moving rapidly from the social web embodied in Web 2.0, to the Semantic Web (Web 3.0), where information resources are linked to make them comprehensible to both machines and humans. Traditionally library discovery systems have pushed information, but did not allow for any interaction with the users of the catalogue, while social tagging provides a means to help library discovery systems become social spaces where users could input and interact with content. The editors and their international contributors explore key issues including: the use of hashtags in the dissemination of public policy the use of hashtags as information portals in library catalogues social tagging in enterprise environments the linked data potential of social tagging sharing and disseminating information needs via social tagging. Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment will be useful reading for practicing library and information professionals involved in electronic access to collections, including cataloguers, system developers, information architects and web developers. It would also be useful for students taking programmes in library and Information science, information management, computer science, and information architecture.Trade Review'Overall, this is a well-researched, collaborative and useful book. It provides an in-depth look into the practical benefits of social tagging and recommendation systems... I definitely recommend this book for people who are interested in user-generated metadata and how it can be used along with legacy and standards-based metadata approaches.' -- Getaneh Alemu * Catalogue & Index *Table of ContentsContentsList of figures and tables Contributors 1 Introduction: the continuing evolution of social tagging Diane Rasmussen Pennington and Louise F. Spiteri 2 Tagging the semantic web: combining Web 2.0and Web 3.0 Laura Cagnazzo 3 Social tags for linked data with Resource DescriptionFramework (RDF) Sue Yeon Syn 4 Social tagging and public policy Ryan Deschamps 5 Hashtags and library discovery systems Louise F. Spiteri 6 Social information discoverability in Facebook groups:the need for linked data strategies Laurie Bonnici and Jinxuan Ma 7 #FandomCommunication: how online fandomutilises tagging and folksonomy Max Dobson 8 Keys to their own voices: social tags for a dementiaontology as a human right Diane Rasmussen Pennington 9 Social tagging and the enterprise: an analysis ofsocial tagging in the workplace Sanjay Khanna 10 Use and effectiveness of social tagging recommendersystems Kishor John

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Book SynopsisLegal deposit libraries, the national and academic institutions who systematically preserve our written cultural record, have recently been mandated with expanding their collection practices to include digitised and born-digital materials. The regulations that govern electronic legal deposit often also prescribe how these materials can be accessed. Although a growing international activity, there has been little consideration of the impact of e-legal deposit on the 21st Century library, or on its present or future users. This edited collection is a timely opportunity to bring together international authorities who are placed to explore the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit. It uniquely provides a thorough overview of this worldwide issue at an important juncture in the history of library collections in our changing information landscape, drawing on evidence gathered from real-world case studies produced in collaboration with leading libraries, researchers and practitioners (Biblioteca Nacional de México, Bodleian Libraries, British Library, National Archives of Zimbabwe, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Sweden). Chapters consider the viewpoint of a variety of stakeholders, including library users, researchers, and publishers, and provide overviews of the complex digital preservation and access issues that surround e-legal deposit materials, such as web archives and interactive media. The book will be essential reading for practitioners and researchers in national and research libraries, those developing digital library infrastructures, and potential users of these collections, but also those interested in the long-term implications of how our digital collections are conceived, regulated and used. Electronic legal deposit is shaping our digital library collections, but also their future use, and this volume provides a rigorous account of its implementation and impact.Trade Review'Some may expect the book to be of interest to only a small number of institutions that participate in electronic legal deposit schemes. However, the importance of legal deposit to the access and preservation of the scholarly record commends this book to a wider audience. The integral role of legal deposit in association with Open Access and digital preservation initiatives broadens the potential readership further... Comprehensive references provide excellent links to further reading' - JALIATable of ContentsTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Foreword — Bethany Nowviskie Introduction — Paul Gooding and Melissa Terras 1 UK Non-Print Legal Deposit: From Regulations to Review — Linda Arnold-Stratford and Richard Ovenden 2 The Influence of Legal Deposit Legislation on the Digital Collections of the National Library of Scotland — Paul Cunnea, Gill Hamilton, Graeme Hawley and Fred Saunderson 3 E-legal deposit at the Biblioteca Nacional de México (National Library of Mexico) — Isabel Galina Russell, Jo Ana Morfin, Ana Yuri Ramírez-Molina 4 Bibliographic control in Zimbabwe: the conundrum of legal deposit in the age of digital technologies — Collence. T. Chisita, Blessing Chiparausha and Danmore Maboreke 5 Electronic Legal Deposit in Sweden: The Evolution of Digital Publications and Legislative Systems — Eva Lis-Green and Göran Konstenius 6 Publishers, Legal Deposit and the Changing Publishing Environment — Adrienne Muir 7 Making History: Digital Preservation and Electronic Legal Deposit in the Second Quarter of the Twenty-First Century — William Kilbride 8 Giving with one click, taking with the other: electronic legal deposit, web archives and researcher access — Jane Winters 9 Follow the Users: Assessing UK Non-Print Legal Deposit Within the Academic Discovery Environment — Linda Berube and Frankie Wilson 10 ‘An Ark to Save Learning from Deluge’? Reconceptualising Legal Deposit after the Digital Turn — Paul Gooding and Melissa Terras

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Book SynopsisThe range of metadata needed to run a digital library and preserve its collections in the long term is much more extensive and complicated than anything in its traditional counterpart. It includes the same 'descriptive' information which guides users to the resources they require but must supplement this with comprehensive 'administrative' metadata: this encompasses technical details of the files that make up its collections, the documentation of complex intellectual property rights and the extensive set needed to support its preservation in the long-term. To accommodate all of this requires the use of multiple metadata standards, all of which have to be brought together into a single integrated whole.Metadata in the Digital Library is a complete guide to building a digital library metadata strategy from scratch, using established metadata standards bound together by the markup language XML. The book introduces the reader to the theory of metadata and shows how it can be applied in practice. It lays out the basic principles that should underlie any metadata strategy, including its relation to such fundamentals as the digital curation lifecycle, and demonstrates how they should be put into effect. It introduces the XML language and the key standards for each type of metadata, including Dublin Core and MODS for descriptive metadata and PREMIS for its administrative and preservation counterpart. Finally, the book shows how these can all be integrated using the packaging standard METS. Two case studies from the Warburg Institute in London show how the strategy can be implemented in a working environment.The strategy laid out in this book will ensure that a digital library's metadata will support all of its operations, be fully interoperable with others and enable its long-term preservation. It assumes no prior knowledge of metadata, XML or any of the standards that it covers. It provides both an introduction to best practices in digital library metadata and a manual for their practical implementation.Trade Review‘This book is essential reading for anyone aiming to create a digital library from scratch. But it is also a clear, concise guide to core metadata concepts, and a handy reference for numerous schemas and technical tools, for any librarian working with metadata. I expect to be regularly referring to my copy for years to come, and I believe I will be a better librarian for it.’- Catalogue & IndexTable of Contents Aims and definitions Metadata basics Planning a metadata strategy – basic principles Planning a metadata strategy – applying the basic principles Syntax: the metadata container The overall model: METS Descriptive metadata Content rules Administrative and structural metadata Preservation metadata Interoperability and metadata Implementing the strategy: case studies Summary and conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThe four-year RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project included a major expansion of the standard to align RDA: Resource Description and Access with the IFLA Library Reference Model, which is the conceptual basis of RDA. This expansion included the addition of several new entities and hundreds of new elements. The RDA Glossary features the complete terminology for RDA as it was constituted for the 15 December 2020 release to the RDA Toolkit. It includes: an alphabetical listing of all RDA entities, elements, vocabulary terms and other RDA-related terms a label and definition for all entries and, where needed, a scope note, inverses and cross-references two indexes: an RDA Elements Index, which organizes RDA elements by their domain entities to give users an idea of the structure of RDA, and an RDA Controlled Vocabularies Index, which is organized by element. Developed and maintained by the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) as part of its oversight of the standard, this glossary will be a useful tool for both training and daily reference for students, instructors and cataloguers.Table of ContentsRDA Glossary

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Book SynopsisThe third edition of this landmark textbook has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the many developments and changes in metadata and related domains. Authors Marcia Lei Zeng and Jian Qin provide a solid grounding in the variety and interrelationships among different metadata types, offering a comprehensive look at the metadata schemas that exist in the world of library and information science and beyond. Readers will gain knowledge and an understanding of key topics such as: metadata building blocks, from modeling to defining properties, from designing application profiles to implementing value vocabularies, and from specification generating to schema encoding, illustrated with new examples best practices for metadata as linked data, the new functionality brought by implementing the linked data principles, and the importance of knowledge organization systems resource metadata services, quality measurement, and interoperability approaches research data management concepts like the FAIR principles, metadata publishing on the web and the recommendations by the W3C in 2017, related Open Science metadata standards such as Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) version 2, and metadata-enabled reproducibility and replicability of research data standards used in libraries, archives, museums, and other information institutions, plus existing metadata standards’ new versions, such as the EAD 3, LIDO 1.1, MODS 3.7, DC Terms 2020 release coordinating its ISO 15396-2:2019, and Schema.org’s update in responding to the pandemic newer, trending forces that are impacting the metadata domain, including entity management, semantic enrichment for the existing metadata, mashup culture such as enhanced Wikimedia contents, knowledge graphs and related processes, semantic annotations and analysis for unstructured data, and supporting digital humanities (DH) through smart data. Featuring new developments driven by semantic technologies and digital data and information, with an accompanying website and supplementary learning materials, this remains the definitive primer on metadata for students, instructors, faculty, and professionals at all levels of experience.Table of ContentsMetadata

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Book SynopsisSince it was first published, LIS students and professionals everywhere have relied on Miller’s authoritative manual for clear instruction on the real-world practice of metadata design and creation. Now the author has given his text a top-to-bottom overhaul to bring it fully up-to-date, making it even easier for readers to acquire the knowledge and skills they need, whether they use the book on the job or in a classroom. By following this book’s guidance, with its inclusion of numerous practical examples that clarify common application issues and challenges, readers will: learn about the concept of metadata and its functions for digital collections, why it’s essential to approach metadata specifically as data for machine processing, and how metadata can work in the rapidly developing Linked Data environment know how to create high-quality resource descriptions using widely shared metadata standards, vocabularies and elements commonly needed for digital collections become thoroughly familiarized with Dublin Core (DC) through exploration of DCMI Metadata Terms, CONTENTdm best practices, and DC as Linked Data discover what Linked Data is, how it is expressed in the Resource Description Framework (RDF), and how it works in relation to specific semantic models (typically called ‘ontologies’) such as BIBFRAME, comprised of properties and classes with ‘domain’ and ‘range’ specifications get to know the MODS and VRA Core metadata schemes, along with recent developments related to their use in a Linked Data setting understand the nuts and bolts of designing and documenting a metadata scheme and gain knowledge of vital metadata interoperability and quality issues, including how to identify and clean inconsistent, missing, and messy metadata using innovative tools such as OpenRefine. Complete with an updated bibliography pointing readers to essential books, articles and web documents for deeper learning, this second edition will prove itself a must-have reference for practitioners and students alike.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Metadata for Digital CollectionsChapter 2. Introduction to Resource Description Chapter 3. Dublin Core Metadata Chapter 4. Resource Description: Identification and Responsibility Chapter 5. Resource Description: Content and Relationships Chapter 6. Controlled Vocabularies for Improved Resource Discovery Chapter 7. XML-Encoded Metadata Chapter 8. MODS: The Metadata Object Description Schema Chapter 9. VRA Core: The Visual Resources Association Core Categories Chapter 10. Metadata Interoperability, Shareability, and Quality Chapter 11: Linked Data and Ontologies Chapter 12. Metadata Application Profile Design Appendix: Dublin Core, MODS, and VRA Element Mappings Glossary Acronym Glossary Bibliography

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Book Synopsis"Studies in Information" publishes monographs on critical issues in the information society. The book series is concerned with all aspects of information; its nature, politics, institutions, usages, and technologies, and it presents research from a wide range of disciplinary traditions. Previously published as Library and Information Science, it is a fully peer-reviewed and high impact outlet for research in the field of information. This new volume, edited by Jack Andersen, is the first to be published under the new series name Studies in Information. The book highlights the important role genre theory plays within information studies. It illustrates how modern genre studies inform and enrich the study of information, and conversely how the study of information makes its own independent contributions to the study of genre. Various original contributions scrutinize core aspects of information and knowledge organization, such as information systems and distributed authorship; personal information management; and records management in organizations, all through the lens of genre.Trade Review"Genre Theory in Information Studies consolidates and carries forward emerging inquiries in information and archival sciences that have been using genre to understand how knowledge is organized, made available, and used in society. Together these studies unpack knowledge processes in contexts as varied as private life and large government organizations, within complexities arising from the uncertainties and destabilizations of war or the rich traditions and dense utterances of literary culture. Together these studies give us tools to understand more realistically and more deeply what knowledge is and how we make sense and use of it." Charles Bazerman, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.Table of ContentsWhat Genre Theory Does. Re-Describing Knowledge Organization — A Genre and Activity-Based View. Genres without Writers: Information Systems and Distributed Authorship. Genre and Typified Activities in Informing and Personal Information Management. The Role of Calendars in Constructing a Community of Historical Workers in the Public Records Office of Great Britain ca. 1850s–1950s. Organizational Records as Genres: An Analysis of the “Documentary Reality” of Organizations from the Perspectives of Diplomatics, Records Management, and Rhetorical Genre Studies. Genres of War: Informing a City. Utterance and Function in Genre Studies: A Literary Perspective. Copyright page. Genre Theory in Information Studies. Index. List of Contributors. Studies in Information. Genre Theory in Information Studies. Editorial Advisory Board. Final Summary: Genre Theory in Information Studies. Introduction.

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Book SynopsisThe Internet and World Wide Web have made access to information easy but do not solve the problems of finding exactly what is wanted, to the point of overwhelming the reader with information. Since the first edition of this classic librarianship text appeared, the development of computer technology has meant that the organization of information has become a hugely complex area. This fifth edition places emphasis on the intellectual effort required to make meaningful use of the enormous amount of information now accessible to the searcher. Fully revised and updated in comprehensive detail that includes bibliographies, ample examples and quotations, it focuses on: information retrieval systems database access systems online searching and OPACs hypertext networked systems. Foskett describes how we search for information by looking at the problems involved, at the theoretical principles suggested as solutions and their practical realization as classification schemes, lists of subject headings and thesauri. Readership: This influential text is widely acknowledged to be essential reading for all students of librarianship and information management, and an invaluable reference tool for practising library and information professionals.Trade Review"Overall this new edition is very welcome. A clear and concise account of the principles and major schemes [of classification and indexing] is invaluable." -- Education for Information"The strength of this book lies not simply in its scholarship, but also in its unassuming...easy to read, easy to learn format." -- Managing InformationTable of ContentsPART I: THEORY OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 1. Introduction 2. Features of an information retrieval system 3. Derived indexing 1: Printed indexes 4. Developments in information technology 5. Derived indexing 2: Database access systems 6. Assigned indexing 1: Semantics 7. Assigned indexing 2: Syntax PART II: PRE-COORDINATE INDEXING SYSTEMS 8. Alphabetical subject headings: Cutter to Austin 9. Systematic arrangement 10. General classification schemes 11. Notation 12. Alphabetical index 13. Organization 14. Uses of pre-coordinate indexing 15. Online public access catalogues PART III: PRE-COORDINATE INDEXING LANGUAGES 16. Introduction 17. The Dewey Decimal Classification 18. The Universal Decimal Classification 19. The Bibliographic Classification 20. The Broad System of Ordering 21. The Colon Classification 22. The Library of Congress Classification 23. Library of Congress subject headings 24. Shorter lists of subject headings PART IV: POST-COORDINATE INDEXING LANGUAGES 25. Science and technology 26. Social sciences and humanities 27. Visual art and graphics PART V: THE FUTURE 28. Digital libraries

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Book SynopsisThe advent of the computer has facilitated an exponential growth in the tools and techniques for manipulating information. Much of the development has been ad-hoc, driven by general management practises of gaining productivity and efficiency through the greater use of computers. Little attention has been paid to the broader issues of coherence and co-ordination of the information increasingly used to drive modern organizations. This book addresses these broader issues. It starts from the perception that information systems and sources need to be designed within a framework, an architecture, which requires a detailed understanding of the roles of the information and the tools to manipulate it, within the organization. The different elements of the architecture are described and analysed and the necessity to undertake detailed and continuous research into developments in computer hardware, software and in information management is emphasised. In addition, the roles of the various parties, general management, computing personnel and information professionals as joint owners of the information architecture are analysed. Chapters include: overview of information architecture; hardware, networks and software; the need to plan IT environments; working with IT personnel; the software environment; knowledge representation: taxonomies; classification; thesauri; interoperability: the semantic web; role of Markup; ontologies; the user interface; designing for users. Readership: The primary audience is senior and middle managers in the information profession: this will include all professionals in the corporate information sector, including knowledge managers. The book will also be of great interest to all students of information and knowledge management and also on business and IT-related courses.Trade Review"This important book both catches and perpetuates the wave of interest that appears to be building in Europe over Information Architecture." -- Information World Review"Librarians interested in staying on the cutting edge of technology, specifically web site design, will welcome this volume." -- Library JournalTable of ContentsA brief history of information architecture - Peter Morville Introduction - Barry Mahon and Alan Gilchrist PART 1: THE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT 1. Developing an information model for information- and knowledge-based organizations - Mike Fisher 2. Document, information, data, content: How to model information? - Catherine Leloup 3. Developing a scalable information architecture for a cross-sectoral, distributed citizen’s information system: The Seamless UK experience - Mary Rowlatt with Cathy Day, Jo Morris and Rob Davies PART 2: SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS 4. Specifying and procuring software - Bob Wiggins 5. The care and feeding of software vendors for IA environments - John Gregory 6. A flexible architecture for managing current awareness - Sabine Kruse and Manfred Hauer PART 3: MANAGING METADATA 7. Why and when would you use XML in text-based systems? - Derek Sturdy 8. Topic maps: Indexing in 3-D - Bob Bater 9. A devolved architecture for public sector interoperability - Stella G. Dextre Clarke 10. Identifiers and interoperability - Elizabeth Scott-Wilson 11. Information architecture and vocabularies for browse and search - Amy J. Warner 12. The taxonomy: A mechanism, rather than a tool, that needs a strategy for development and application - Alan Gilchrist 13. From architecture to construction: The electronic records management programme at the DTI - Liz MacLachlan 14. Building a business taxonomy: A work in progress - Ruth McLaughlin and Angela GreenwoodPART 4 THE USER INTERFACE 15. Interfaces: Expressions of IA - Janice Fraser 16. Guru interview - Marylaine Block interviews - Genie Tyburski 17. Designing a worldwide experience for PeopleSoft - Janice Fraser and Camille Sobalvarro

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Book SynopsisThe release of Resource Description and Access is not the release of a revised standard; it represents a total shift in the understanding of the whole cataloguing process. This shift from the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) to RDA will require a fundamental re-orientation in the way library staff, especially cataloguing staff, approach the function of describing resources and creating access to them. This book will assist professionals with this transition. The book guides the reader through the key topics and questions providing a concise explanation of RDA, its implementation and its expected benefits for users and cataloguers. Key sections include: what is RDA? placing RDA in context why are we changing to RDA? making the transition to RDA after implementation. Readership: This book is an essential introductory guide not only for cataloguers but for all library staff, information professionals, support staff and LIS studentsTrade Review"This is the best explanation I have yet seen on RDA as a whole. I would strongly recommend buying this book for your library, so that everyone can understand the new changes and standards that will influence how libraries and others will deal with the description and organization of information in the future." -- Collection Building"The book provides a basic understanding of how our work will transition once we adopt RDA. There is a good general introduction to RDA... There is an especially good introduction to the use of the RDA Toolkit, including descriptions of Toolkit navigation and explanations of how the Toolkit may be integrated into our work…Introducing RDA could provide an introduction for the uninitiated technical services librarian, for library administrators and for interested public services or systems folks. It’s a good first step toward the understanding needed for application or use." -- TechKNOW"Introducing RDA is a valuable resource for all cataloguers and most definitely one no library planning to changeover from AACR2 to RDA should be without. It also is a valuable source for faculties faced with the teaching of the new cataloguing standard." -- The Electronic Library"...covers the essentials of resource description and...is likely to serve well teachers and students of what may still be called cataloguing (or perhaps 'metadata production')." -- Information ResearchChris Oliver has worked at the McGill University Library since 1989, as a cataloguing librarian and cataloguing manager. Her current position is Coordinator of Cataloguing and Authorities. She received her MA and MLIS degrees from McGill University. Chris is the Chair of the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing and has been a member of the Committee since 1997. This has given her the opportunity to be involved with the evolution of RDA from its beginning. She served as a member of the Joint Steering Committee's Format Variation Working Group and as Chair of the RDA Outreach Group. She has given presentations on RDA in Canada, the United States, and internationally..."Highly recommended for novice and experienced catalogers as well as library school faculty and students seeking basic information on RDA and its implementation." -- Library Journal"Cataloging and technical services librarians are keen to learn about Resource Description and Access (RDA) and this handy guide is an excellent introduction to it." -- TechnicalitiesTable of Contents1. What is RDA? 2. RDA and the International Context 3. FRBR and FRAD in RDA 4. Continuity with AACR2 5. Where Do We See Changes? 6. Implementing RDA 7. Advantages, Present and Future Selected Resources and Readings

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Book SynopsisPresents a detailed description of the various 'meeting points' between reader and material; traces the historical and technological developments that provide the background for the 'meeting'; and explores the factors that influenced both the physical form and the informational content of documents. Concepts of library material classification are reviewed from the libraries of antiquity to those of the 1990s. The main focus is on the important role played by browsing, a common information-seeking behaviour of library and information centre users. This book sheds light on the most common of human behavior patterns, and is intended for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of Library and Information Science. The book includes chapters on: Technology and the Theoretical Concepts of Knowledge Organization; Shelf Arrangement; Access to Shelves; Concepts of Browsing; and Browsing as an Information Retrieval Tool.Trade Review"This book will be a great asset to library science faculty, students, and library users in understanding the theoretical concepts of knowledge, organization, and planning." -- Library Times International."Readers benefit from the author's historical overview of libraries, library classification and books." -- American Reference Books Annual.

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Book SynopsisThe IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control includes titles which provide detailed information on bibliographic standards and norms, the cultivation and development of which has become indispensable to the exchange of national bibliographic information on an international level. The Series also gives a comprehensive, accurate overview of a wide range of national bibliographic services on offer.

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Book SynopsisIn Web 2.0 users not only make heavy use of Col-laborative Information Services in order to create, publish and share digital information resources - what is more, they index and represent these re-sources via own keywords, so-called tags. The sum of this user-generated metadata of a Collaborative Information Service is also called Folksonomy. In contrast to professionally created and highly struc-tured metadata, e.g. subject headings, thesauri, clas-sification systems or ontologies, which are applied in libraries, corporate information architectures or commercial databases and which were developed according to defined standards, tags can be freely chosen by users and attached to any information resource. As one type of metadata Folksonomies provide access to information resources and serve users as retrieval tool in order to retrieve own re-sources as well as to find data of other users. The book delivers insights into typical applications of Folksonomies, especially within Collaborative Information Services, and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Folksonomies as tools of knowl-edge representation and information retrieval. More-over, it aims at providing conceptual considerations for solving problems of Folksonomies and presents how established methods of knowledge representa-tion and models of information retrieval can successfully be transferred to them.Trade Review"[...] ist das Buch eine Pflichtlekture fur alle, die sich wissenschaftlich mit Folksonomies auseinandersetzen."In: Social Media Magazin 1/2011 "Fur alle, die sich fur Wissensreprasentation, Information Retrieval und kollaborative Informationsdienste interessieren, ist Folksonomies: Indexing and Retrieval in Web 2.0 [...] unbedingt zu empfehlen."Ulrike Spree in: Information, Wissenschaft + Praxis November/Dezember 2010 "Folksonomies: Indexing and Retrieval in Web 2.0is an essential reading for those involved in folksonomy-related research, or the design or implementation of collaborative information systems. Although the book covers introductory topics pertaining to information retrieval and KOS,Folksonomiesis perhaps too advanced for undergraduate students but is suited to postgraduates, researchers, and academics within the overlapping disciplines of information and computer science, library science, and human-computer interaction."George Macgregor in: Library Review 7/2010

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Book SynopsisClassifying things based on subject approach, canons, principles, and devices like facet device, rounds, and levels. Includes chain indexing, classification systems, and special features of the Seventh Edition of CC. Also covers library classification fundamentals and call numbers used in US libraries.

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Book SynopsisLibrarians globally share automation, staffing, teamwork, and workflow ideas for cataloging. Book features insights from top libraries like Bodleian and Library of Congress to enhance cataloging and technical services management.

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