1st Edition

Metadata A Cataloger's Primer

By Richard Smiraglia Copyright 2005
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

Find out what makes metadata an exciting addition to resource description Metadata: A Cataloger’s Primer provides catalog librarians and students with a comprehensive instructional resource on the ongoing convergence of cataloging and metadata. Equally valuable in the classroom and as a professional reference tool, this unique book serves as an introduction to the concepts of metadata... Read more
  • Introducing Metadata (Richard P. Smiraglia)
  • PART I: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS
  • Understanding Metadata and Metadata Schemes (Jane Greenberg)
  • Metadata and Bibliographic Control: Soul-Mates or Two Solitudes? (Lynne C. Howarth)
  • Metadata, Metaphor, and Metonymy (D. Grant Campbell)
  • An Exploratory Study of Metadata Creation in a Health Care Agency (Leatrice Ferraioli)
  • The Defining Element—A Discussion of the Creator Element Within Metadata Schemas (Jennifer Cwiok)
  • Content Metadata—An Analysis of Etruscan Artifacts in a Museum of Archeology (Richard P. Smiraglia)
  • PART II: HOW TO CREATE, APPLY, AND USE METADATA
  • From Cataloging to Metadata: Dublin Core Records for the Library Catalog (Anita S. Coleman)
  • Metadata Standards for Archival Control: An Introduction to EAD and EAC (Alexander C. Thurman)
  • Introduction to XML (Patrick Yott)
  • METS: The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (Linda Cantara)
  • Planning and Implementing a Metadata-Driven Digital Repository (Michael A. Chopey)
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Richard Smiraglia