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Book SynopsisThe theme for 2003-2004, metadata, includes sections on metadata as it relates to memory institutions, music, the arts, government information, archives, cataloging, education, bibliographic organization, digital preservation, spatial data, and developing countries.
Trade ReviewThe International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is an annual publication in the field of librarianship and library management. As a thematic resource it contains topics covering current issues, case studies of best practice, trendsand future developments contributed by the internationally recognized experts in library science. The theme 'Metadata applications and management' was chosen for the volume of 2003-2004. So, what is metadata, the term that crept into the standard vocabulary of library science and turned into the obsession of the modern library world?...metadata can be thought of as a data describing other data. It is the internet age that came along with the broader definition of metadata and it most commonly refers to descriptive information about online resources. The readers of this comprehensive resource are introduced to an extensive overview of significant issues with regard to metadata from its basics to metadata applications in general and in a range of selected disciplines. The 15 chapters written in clear and comprehensible language are divided into six parts offering the key issues to metadata developments, applications and management....Every chapter in the volume is followed by an extensive bibliography for f * Library Management *
The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is an annual publication in the field of librarianship and library management. As a thematic resource it contains topics covering current issues, case studies of best practice, trends and future developments contributed by the internationally recognized experts in library science. The theme 'Metadata applications and management' was chosen for the volume of 2003-2004. So, what is metadata, the term that crept into the standard vocabulary of library science and turned into the obsession of the modern library world?...metadata can be thought of as a data describing other data. It is the internet age that came along with the broader definition of metadata and it most commonly refers to descriptive information about online resources. The readers of this comprehensive resource are introduced to an extensive overview of significant issues with regard to metadata from its basics to metadata applications in general and in a range of selected disciplines. The 15 chapters written in clear and comprehensible language are divided into six parts offering the key issues to metadata developments, applications and management....Every chapter in the volume is followed by an extensive bibliography for further references and the introduction contains an overview of every chapter, [which] makes it easy to locate the information of particular interest. Index present. This volume also contains the biographies of the authors demonstrating that the contribution to this book, which is [a] must for every modern academic library, is made by a team of international leaders in our professional field. * Library Management *
