Library Cataloging
A few recent articles by Roy Tennant in Library Journal provide a good introduction metadata.
- Accurate Metadata Sells Books
Accurate Metadata Sells Books by Calvin Reid appears in a recent Publishers Weekly. Now, Dawson said, accurate metadata has become a marketing tool for publishers, a shopping guide for consumers, and an absolute necessity for distributors and retailers....
- The New Cataloger
The New Cataloger by Roy Tennant appears in Library Journal.I've often said librarians should like any metadata they see. This is because we are entering an age where MARC no longer rules, since the 21st-century library will be handling increasing...
- Metadata And Data Quality Problems
Metadata and Data Quality Problems in the Digital Library by Jeffrey Beall appears in the latest Journal of Digital Information. This paper describes the main types of data quality errors that occur in digital libraries, both in full-text objects and...
- Metadata
"Creating metadata that work for digital libraries and Google" by Alan Dawson appears in Library Review (2004) v. 53, no. 7, pp. 347-350.For many years metadata has been recognised as a significant component of the digital information environment. Substantial...
- Future Of Cataloging
Metadata Leadership by Roy Tennant appears in Library Journal this month. As always with his articles lots to agree and disagree with.You may not believe that our dependence on MARC alone limits our future (see "Building a New Bibliographic Infrastructure,"...
Library Cataloging
Metadata
A few recent articles by Roy Tennant in Library Journal provide a good introduction metadata.
Digital Libraries- Metadata As If Libraries Depended on It
Digital Libraries- The Importance of Being Granular
Digital Libraries- The Consequences of Cataloging
I like his definition "cataloging by those paid better than librarians."
- Accurate Metadata Sells Books
Accurate Metadata Sells Books by Calvin Reid appears in a recent Publishers Weekly. Now, Dawson said, accurate metadata has become a marketing tool for publishers, a shopping guide for consumers, and an absolute necessity for distributors and retailers....
- The New Cataloger
The New Cataloger by Roy Tennant appears in Library Journal.I've often said librarians should like any metadata they see. This is because we are entering an age where MARC no longer rules, since the 21st-century library will be handling increasing...
- Metadata And Data Quality Problems
Metadata and Data Quality Problems in the Digital Library by Jeffrey Beall appears in the latest Journal of Digital Information. This paper describes the main types of data quality errors that occur in digital libraries, both in full-text objects and...
- Metadata
"Creating metadata that work for digital libraries and Google" by Alan Dawson appears in Library Review (2004) v. 53, no. 7, pp. 347-350.For many years metadata has been recognised as a significant component of the digital information environment. Substantial...
- Future Of Cataloging
Metadata Leadership by Roy Tennant appears in Library Journal this month. As always with his articles lots to agree and disagree with.You may not believe that our dependence on MARC alone limits our future (see "Building a New Bibliographic Infrastructure,"...