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Metadata for Digital Collections [Ed. 2] - A How-To-Do-It Manual (Paperback, Second Edition)
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Metadata for Digital Collections [Ed. 2] - A How-To-Do-It Manual (Paperback, Second Edition)
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Since it was first published, LIS students and professionals
everywhere have relied on Miller’s authoritative manual for clear
instruction on the real-world practice of metadata design and
creation. Now the author has given his text a top-to-bottom
overhaul to bring it fully up-to-date, making it even easier for
readers to acquire the knowledge and skills they need, whether they
use the book on the job or in a classroom. By following this
book’s guidance, with its inclusion of numerous practical
examples that clarify common application issues and challenges,
readers will: learn about the concept of metadata and its functions
for digital collections, why it’s essential to approach metadata
specifically as data for machine processing, and how metadata can
work in the rapidly developing Linked Data environment know how to
create high-quality resource descriptions using widely shared
metadata standards, vocabularies and elements commonly needed for
digital collections become thoroughly familiarized with Dublin Core
(DC) through exploration of DCMI Metadata Terms, CONTENTdm best
practices, and DC as Linked Data discover what Linked Data is, how
it is expressed in the Resource Description Framework (RDF), and
how it works in relation to specific semantic models (typically
called ‘ontologies’) such as BIBFRAME, comprised of properties
and classes with ‘domain’ and ‘range’ specifications get to
know the MODS and VRA Core metadata schemes, along with recent
developments related to their use in a Linked Data setting
understand the nuts and bolts of designing and documenting a
metadata scheme and gain knowledge of vital metadata
interoperability and quality issues, including how to identify and
clean inconsistent, missing, and messy metadata using innovative
tools such as OpenRefine. Complete with an updated bibliography
pointing readers to essential books, articles and web documents for
deeper learning, this second edition will prove itself a must-have
reference for practitioners and students alike.
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