Information Resource Description (Paperback)

Philip Hider

ISBN 10: 1783302232 / ISBN 13: 9781783302239

Published by Facet Publishing, London, 2018

About this Item

Paperback. 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 of environments. Through this unifying framework, the book provides an integrated commentary on the various fields and practices of information organization carried out by todays information professionals and end-users.Updates to the first edition include coverage of:recent scholarship published in the field linked open linked 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 organization courses at either undergraduate and postgraduate levels, information professionals wishing to specialize in the field, and existing metadata specialists who wish to update their knowledge. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Information Resource Description (Paperback)
• Publisher: Facet Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783302232
• ISBN 13: 9781783302239
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Information Resource Description 2nd edition</i> 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 of
the various fields and practices of information organization carried out by
today&#146;s information professionals and end-users. &#160;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Key topics and updates to the first edition include:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><ul>
<li>discussion of big data vs the traditional database model</li>
<li>introduces and applies the FRBR-LRM user tasks</li>
<li>expanded coverage of scholarly repositories and questions
around Open Access</li>
<li>new section on the history of information organization</li>
<li>expanded discussion of the functions, economics and
management of metadata</li>
<li>a new section on mobile access.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This book will be useful reading for LIS students taking
information organization courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels,
information professionals wishing to specialise in this field, and existing
metadata specialists who wish to update their knowledge.</p>

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.