Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library: Approaches and Practices

Liu, Jia

ISBN 10: 1591583063 / ISBN 13: 9781591583066

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library: Approaches and Practices
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591583063
• ISBN 13: 9781591583066
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Jia Liu tackles the unruly world of metadata development and implementation through a state-of-the-art overview of major theoretical issues and exemplary practices. Part one of her book elaborates on the general and latest knowledge about metadata and its implementations. Part two discusses an international array of metadata-related practices, projects and applications in the digital library.

About the Author

Jia Liu, a teacher in the Department of Information Management, Peking University, China, is currently a visiting scholar on the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, Canada.