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This edition includes new content on recent scholarship, linked open data initiatives such as BIBFRAME, the IFLA Library Reference Model and its user tasks, current metadata standards, and contemporary discovery tools and methods.
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This work is designed for students of Library and Information Science (LIS) studying information organisation at undergraduate or postgraduate levels. It is also suited to information professionals looking to specialise in metadata and those seeking to update their understanding of the latest standards and frameworks in the field.
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This new edition offers a fully updated and expanded overview of the field of information organisation, examining the description of information resources as both a product and process of the contemporary digital environment.
Information Resource Description, 2nd edition explains how the various elements and values of descriptive metadata support a set of common information retrieval functions across a wide range of environments. Through this unifying framework, the book provides an integrated commentary on the various fields and practices of information organisation carried out by todayβs information professionals and end-users.
Updates to the first edition include coverage of:
- recent scholarship published in the field
- linked open data initiatives such as BIBFRAME
- the new IFLA Library Reference Model and its five user tasks
- current versions of the key metadata standards
- contemporary discovery tools and approaches.
The book is intended for LIS students taking information organisation courses at either undergraduate or postgraduate levels, information professionals wishing to specialise in the field, and existing metadata specialists who wish to update their knowledge.
Series: Foundations of the Information Sciences
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Information Resource Description
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 digital environment. Information Resource Description, 2nd edition explains how the various elements and values of descriptive metadata support a set of common information retrieval functions across a wide range...Paperback$15300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Information Resource Description
This new edition offers a fully updated and expanded overview of the field of information organisation, examining the description of information resources as both a product and process of the contemporary digital environment. Information Resource Description, 2nd edition explains how the various elements and values of descriptive metadata support a set of common information retrieval functions across a wide range...Hardback$30600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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ISBN: 9781783302246
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 October 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Philip Hider is Head of the School of Information Studies and Professor of Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has worked, taught and researched in the field of information organization in the UK, Singapore and Australia. He holds a PhD from City University, London and was made a Fellow of CILIP in 2004.
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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 digital environment. Information Resource Description, 2nd edition explains how the various elements and values of descriptive metadata support a set of common information retrieval functions across a wide range...Paperback$15300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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