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Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library Approaches and Practices
Jia Liu
ISBN: 1-59158-306-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-306-6
212 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 7/30/2007
List Price: $40.00 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "...the book will serve as an excellent snapshot of the library metadata landscape in the early years of this century."
    —Journal of Librarianship and Information Science     3/1/2009
Description: Jia Liu tackles the unruly world of metadata development and implementation through a state-of-the-art overview of major theoretical issues and exemplary practices. Part one of her book elaborates on the general and latest knowledge about metadata and its implementations. Part two discusses an international array of metadata-related practices, projects and applications in the digital library.


 Title Features:
While the concept of metadata predates the Internet, worldwide interest in its standards and practices is directly linked to the increase in electronic publishing and digital libraries. Yet questions remain, such as:
  • What form should these standards take?
  • Who gets to develop them?
  • How will they do so and how, in turn, will they be implemented?
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Abstract in English
    Part 1: Metadata in General
    Chapter 1: Metadata Basics
    Chapter 2: Metadata Types
    Chapter 3: Metadata Encoding Standards
    Chapter 4: Metadata Implementation
    Part 2: Metadata Projects and Its Applications in the Digital Library
    Chapter 5: Metadata Projects
    Chapter 6: Metadata Applications in the Digital Library
    Appendix: GILS Data Elements and Corresponding USMARC Tags
    References
    Index
About the Author: Jia Liu, a teacher in the Department of Information Management, Peking University, China, is currently a visiting scholar on the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, Canada.
LCC Class: O25
PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf
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