Metadata Standards and Web Services in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: An Active Learning Resource

by Erik Mitchell

Overview

Metadata in library information environments is evolving rapidly. This book provides readers with a set of tools for designing, developing, and implementing metadata-rich information systems while also examining the challenges and opportunities in this field.

As the world of library and information science has developed in the age of digital information, metadata and metadata-rich information systems have become increasingly important—and more complex and confusing. This book will enable students, instructors, and practitioners in the information science field to understand how these new systems and standards will impact their careers and professions.

Author Erik Mitchell explores definitions of information and presents an up-to-date consideration of user needs in information systems to provide necessary background before moving on to in-depth discussions of metadata, information organization practice, and information system design. Each chapter incorporates hands-on activities to complement the reading material, allowing readers to build technical skills alongside the important conceptual learning in this content area. Readers will gain conceptual understanding and skills that will allow them to analyze and transform structured data, develop metadata-rich information systems, and design systems with user needs and digital literacies in mind.

This book is intended for library and information science students taking information organization, metadata, or other core "digital cataloging" classes, but will also be highly useful for professionals seeking to learn the details of metadata systems and theory using a hands-on approach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610694490
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/21/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Erik Mitchell, PhD, is associate university librarian at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Contents



Introduction



Chapter 1: Information Structures and Lifecycles

Chapter 2: Introduction to Digital Document Models

Chapter 3: Design of Information Systems

Chapter 4: Exploration of Cataloging Models and Methods

Chapter 5: Encoding Metadata in XML

Chapter 6: Metadata and Web Services in Libraries, Archives, and Museums



Index

Editorial Reviews

Graduate students and professionals in academic and public libraries, archives, and museums will find this book worthwhile as a resource for grasping the design principles that underlie web services in a cultural heritage context.” —Technical Services Quarterly

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