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Archival Futures
Edited by Caroline Brown This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future. Firmly rooted in current professional debate and . . . read more >>> |
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Catalogue 2.0 The future of the library catalogue Edited by Sally Chambers Will there be a library catalogue in the future and, if so, what will it look like? In the last 25 years, the library catalogue has undergone an evolution, from card catalogues to OPACs, discovery systems . . . read more >>> |
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Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloguing and Metadata Practical applications of XSD, XSLT, and XQuery Timothy W. Cole, Myung-Ja (MJ) K. Han and Christine Schwartz This practical guide will be essential reading for all those needing to come up to speed quickly on XML and how it is used by libraries today. XML and its ancillary technologies XSD, . . . read more >>> |
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Digital Asset Management in Theory and Practice
Mark Hedges This practical handbook provides information professionals with everything they need to know to effectively manage digital content and information. The book addresses digital asset management (DAM) . . . read more >>> |
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Digital Libraries and Information Access Research perspectives Edited by G. G. Chowdhury and Schubert Foo An authoritative and truly global exploration of current research in digital libraries. Internationally-renowned academics discuss what has been achieved with digital libraries and what we can expect . . . read more >>> |
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Exploring Discovery The front door to your library’s licensed and digitized content Edited by Kenneth J Varnum In the context of libraries, “discovery” is the process of finding appropriate resources to meet an information need. We are in a new age of discovery where technology has enabled today’s . . . read more >>> |
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Getting Resource Discovery Right for Your User Community
Edited by Simon McLeish Discovery is central to academic activities at all levels, and is a major focus for libraries and museums. This book will help its readers learn how to adapt in a fast changing area to continue to serve . . . read more >>> |
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Information Resource Description Creating and managing metadata Philip Hider An overview of the field of information organization that examines resource description as both a product and process of the contemporary digital environment. This timely book employs the . . . read more >>> |
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Information Resource Description, 2nd edition Creating and managing metadata Philip Hider This new edition offers a fully updated and expanded overview of the field of information organization, examining the description of information resources as both a product and process of the contemporary . . . read more >>> |
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Linked Data for Cultural Heritage
Edited by Ed Jones and Michele Seikel This book gathers a stellar list of contributors to help readers understand linked data concepts by examining practice and projects based in libraries, archives, and museums. Linked open data remains . . . read more >>> |
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Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums How to clean, link and publish your metadata Seth van Hooland and Ruben Verborgh This highly practical handbook teaches you how to unlock the value of your existing metadata through cleaning, reconciliation, enrichment and linking and how to streamline the process of new metadata creation. Libraries, . . . read more >>> |
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Managing Metadata in Web-scale Discovery Systems
Edited by Louise F Spiteri This book shows you how to harness the power of linked data and web-scale discovery systems to manage and link widely varied content across your library collection. Libraries are increasingly using . . . read more >>> |
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Metadata for Digital Collections A how-to-do-it manual Stephen J Miller More and more libraries, archives, and museums are creating online collections of digitized resources. Where can those charged with organizing these new collections turn for guidance on the actual practice . . . read more >>> |
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Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval, 2nd edition Understanding metadata and its use David Haynes This new and updated second edition of a classic text provides a thought provoking introduction to metadata for all library and information students and professionals. Metadata for Information Management . . . read more >>> |
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Metadata, 2nd edition
Marcia Lei Zeng and Jian Qin Metadata remains the solution for describing the explosively growing, complex world of digital information, and continues to be of paramount importance for information professionals. Providing a solid . . . read more >>> |
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Open Licensing for Cultural Heritage
Gill Hamilton and Fred Saunderson This practical and explanatory guide for library and cultural heritage professionals introduces and explains the use of open licences for content, data and metadata in libraries and other cultural heritage . . . read more >>> |
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Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals
David Stuart Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals provides an accessible introduction and exploration of ontologies and demonstrates their value to information professionals. More data and information . . . read more >>> |
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Social Tagging for Linking Data Across Environments
Edited by Diane Pennington and Louise Spiteri Social tagging, hashtags, and geotags are used across a variety of platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, WordPress, Instagram) in different countries and cultures. This book, representing researchers . . . read more >>> |
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The Facet Data Librarianship Collection
This Collection contains the following books: The Data Librarian's Handbook Robin Rice and John Southall Metadata, 2nd edition Marcia Lei Zeng and Jian Qin Managing Research Data Edited . . . read more >>> |
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The Facet Discovery Collection
This Collection contains the following books: Exploring Discovery edited by Kenneth J Varnum Managing Metadata in Web-scale Discovery Systems edited by Louise F Spiteri Managing Digital . . . read more >>> |