The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management (IYLIM) is a thematic, refereed annual publication in the field of library science and information management worldwide. Each volume contains substantive chapters covering current issues, emerging debates and trends, and models of best practice and likely future developments, contributed by an internationally respected panel of researchers, practitioners and academics. The theme for 2003-4, 'metadata applications and management', has been chosen in view of the significant impact that metadata is having on the management of electronic information resources, on resource description and discovery, and on access to data in specific communities, such as libraries, museums and archives. The book is divided into six parts covering the key applications and fields to which current metadata issues relate: Part One: Perspectives on Metadata; Part Two: Metadata in the Humanities; Part Three: Metadata in Government; Part Four: Metadata in Education; Part Five: Metadata and Bibliographic Organizations; and Part: Metadata and Other Applications. Areas covered within these themes include: Metadata - what it means for memory institutions, Metadata - where are we going?, Music metadata, Metadata and the arts - the art of metadata, Metadata and taxonomy integration in government portals, Metadata and the UK archives network, Metadata and the education sector, Educational metadata in transition, The metadata-bibliographic organization nexus, Cataloguing and metadata education, Developments in cataloguing and metadata, Preservation metadata, Metadata and spatial data, International initiatives in the implementation of metadata standards, Metadata applications in developing countries. The International Yearbook is essential reading for information professionals wishing to keep up-to-date with recent developments in library science and information management on a global basis.
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The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is an annual publication in the field of librarianship and library management. As a thematic resource it contains topics covering current issues, case studies of best practice, trendsand future developments contributed by the internationally recognized experts in library science. The theme 'Metadata applications and management' was chosen for the volume of 2003-2004. So, what is metadata, the term that crept into the standard vocabulary of library science and turned into the obsession of the modern library world?...metadata can be thought of as a data describing other data. It is the internet age that came along with the broader definition of metadata and it most commonly refers to descriptive information about online resources. The readers of this comprehensive resource are introduced to an extensive overview of significant issues with regard to metadata from its basics to metadata applications in general and in a range of selected disciplines. The 15 chapters written in clear and comprehensible language are divided into six parts offering the key issues to metadata developments, applications and management....Every chapter in the volume is followed by an extensive bibliography for f * Library Management * The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is an annual publication in the field of librarianship and library management. As a thematic resource it contains topics covering current issues, case studies of best practice, trends and future developments contributed by the internationally recognized experts in library science. The theme 'Metadata applications and management' was chosen for the volume of 2003-2004. So, what is metadata, the term that crept into the standard vocabulary of library science and turned into the obsession of the modern library world?...metadata can be thought of as a data describing other data. It is the internet age that came along with the broader definition of metadata and it most commonly refers to descriptive information about online resources. The readers of this comprehensive resource are introduced to an extensive overview of significant issues with regard to metadata from its basics to metadata applications in general and in a range of selected disciplines. The 15 chapters written in clear and comprehensible language are divided into six parts offering the key issues to metadata developments, applications and management....Every chapter in the volume is followed by an extensive bibliography for further references and the introduction contains an overview of every chapter, [which] makes it easy to locate the information of particular interest. Index present. This volume also contains the biographies of the authors demonstrating that the contribution to this book, which is [a] must for every modern academic library, is made by a team of international leaders in our professional field. * Library Management *
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G.E. Gorman is Professor of Library and Information Management at the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He has published extensively in the field of library and information work and he is a regular contributor to scholarly and professional journals.
