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Expand your knowledge of resource description with Metadata: A Cataloger's Primer by Routledge. This book is designed to help catalog librarians and students understand the evolving relationship between traditional cataloging and modern metadata practices. It serves as a practical guide for those looking to navigate the convergence of these two essential fields. Whether you are using this text in a classroom setting or keeping it on your desk as a professional reference tool, it provides a clear introduction to metadata concepts within bibliographic contexts. You will learn about the potential for enhanced resource description and gain familiarity with several key metadata schemes. This resource is essential for anyone working in library science or information management who needs to stay current with modern description standards.

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Explains the ongoing convergence of traditional cataloging and modern metadata for library professionals and students.

Serves as a dual-purpose resource that works well as both a classroom textbook and a professional reference tool.

Provides a clear introduction to essential metadata concepts within specific bibliographic contexts.

Covers various important metadata schemes including Dublin Core and Encoded Archival Description (EAD).

Demonstrates how metadata can be used to improve and expand the potential of resource description.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
23 November 2005
Listed Since
13 February 2007

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