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Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library Approaches and Practices
Book Code: LU3063
ISBN: 1-59158-306-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-306-6
212 pages, figures; tables
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 7/30/2007
List Price: $40.00 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Description: 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?
Jia Liu tackles these questions and more by offering a state-of-the-art perlustration of metadata's major theoretical issues and most 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.
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
LC Card Number: 2007013572
LCC Class: Z666
Dewey Class: O25
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