Description
Metadata in library information environments is evolving all of a sudden. This book provides readers with a set of tools for designing, developing, and implementing metadata-wealthy information systems at the same time as also examining the challenges and opportunities on this field.
• Takes a cross-disciplinary option to the issues, trends, and technologies relevant in information communities such as libraries, archives, and museums
• Presents grounded instruction that makes no assumptions in regards to the technical expertise of the reader―best possible for new graduate students
• Provides structured learning activities that dovetail theoretical learning with the purchase of hands-on and technical figuring out that is very important for real-world success in metadata and information system design