数字图书馆的编目规则--评析《DC元数据》

充分肯定吴建中先生的《DC元数据》一书,并指出其中的一些不足.     

2002-2003年我国元数据研究综述

从元数据的新发展、元数据在数字图书馆的应用、元数据与网络信息资源编目的关系、元数据在信息资源组织方面的 应用、元数据的互操作5个方面综述2002-2003年元数据研究的发展状况、发展中所面临的问题、目前的解决方案;在此基础 上,总结元数据研究的特点和总体趋势,指出今后发展中应弥补的不足。     

Who's Doing What? Findability and Author-Supplied ETD Metadata in the Library Catalog

Kent State University Libraries’ electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) cataloging process features contributions by authors, by the ETDcat application, and by catalogers. Who is doing what, and how much of it is findable in the library catalog? An empirical analysis is performed featuring simple frequencies within the KentLINK catalog, articulated by the use of a newly devised rubric. The researchers sought the degree to which the ETD authors, the applications, and the catalogers can supply accurate, findable metadata. Further development of combinatory cataloging processes is suggested. The method of examining the data and the rubric are provided as a framework for other metadata analysis.     

Metadata Practices in Academic and Non-Academic Libraries for Digital Projects: A Survey

This article presents the results of a survey examining and comparing the metadata practices of academic and non-academic libraries regarding digital projects. It explores the types of metadata and vocabularies utilized, issues of interoperability, end-user-created metadata, and staffing for metadata planning and creation. Participants from 87 academic libraries and 40 non-academic libraries responded to the survey. The survey found that, despite their different environments, academic and non-academic libraries engage in similar metadata practices. The majority of the participating libraries have metadata librarians, who are the primary staff members responsible for all metadata activities. Academic libraries tend to use more metadata schemes, plan for metadata interoperability more frequently, and are more likely to have created new positions responsible for metadata for digital projects.     

解读语义Web

介绍语义Web的概念及目的,认为语义Web的实质就是使计算机能够理解网络信息资源的元数据,并以书目数据的发展变化为例解读语义Web中元数据的结构和意义。提出书目数据向元数据发展,需要著录项目标准化,构建元数据描述框架,制定计算机能理解的词汇,科学地定义词汇的属性和词汇之间的关系。     

中外元数据研究的现状与发展

在简单分析元数据研究起源与发展的基础上,介绍主要元数据格式,在总结元数据研究进展的同时分析其主要问题,指出中文元数据研究与发展的主要方向。     

Map Cataloging,from Basics to Beyond: An Interview with Paige G. Andrew

Paige G. Andrew discusses his career in map cataloging and his work in cooperative cataloging programs and standards development. Topics covered include map cataloging, cooperative cataloging, scholarship and publishing in the field of map and geography librarianship, service to the profession, implementation of RDA, map cataloging workshops, and mentoring.     

数字信息长期保存的元数据研究

数字信息的长期保存与元数据紧密相关。本文分析了数字信息存储系统与信息对象 ,论述了数字信息长期保存的元数据体系与单元 ,以及哈佛大学保存元数据的样本     

基于生命周期理论的文物元数据开放机制研究

[目的/意义] 元数据的开发与应用是文物数字化项目中的重要内容,也是项目成败的关键。随着国内文物数字化保护项目的进一步开展,在开放信息环境下构建一套完整的元数据开放机制,来保障文物元数据的有效性、扩展性和互操作能力显得尤其重要。[方法/过程] 借助生命周期理论,深入分析文物数字化保护项目中文物元数据的整个生命周期阶段以及各阶段所要解决的问题、参与的角色,提出不同生命周期阶段应采取的开放建设机制,并以台湾数位典藏国家型科技计划下的MAAT案例为例,对该项目的元数据工作内容进行分析,重点分析其中值得借鉴的部分。[结果/结论] 借助生命周期理论研究文物元数据制定及应用过程中的开放机制,具有很强的针对性和可操作性,能更好地保证整个运行周期中文物元数据的有效性、扩展性和互操作能力。     

Is There a New Bibliography?

Describes the position claiming that the contemporary technological, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic environment gives us pause to consider the core theory and practices of bibliography, combining bibliography of the work (in library and information science), bibliography of the text (in textual studies and scholarly editing), and bibliography of the artifact (in book history and now digital forensics), and calls for collaborative multidisciplinary research at the intersection of these fields to ask, is there a new bibliography?     

Dublin Core:网络资源组织与整理的新思路

随着网络的发展 ,网络信息资源组织与整理的问题日益突出 ,DublinCore就是针对这一问题由OCLC提出的解决方案之一。本文首先介绍元数据的概念 ,在此基础上分析DublinCore元数据产生的背景 ,阐述其主要的内容 ,并对DublinCore与图书馆传统编目方法的不同点进行了剖析 ,然后介绍了DublinCore实施运用的情况。最后 ,笔者呼吁广大图书馆界工作人员、学者、专家予以更多的关注和研究。     

PCC: A Leader of Change

Abstract

From its beginnings, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) has been an international leader of change in bibliographic and authority control and maintenance, and metadata creation and distribution. This article highlights some PCC achievements in these areas.     

Discovery,Management, and Preservation of Geospatial Data Using Hydra

As a growing number of disciplines adopt geospatial technologies in their research, the need for access to geospatial data, in a variety of formats, has grown dramatically. For librarians to meet this demand, we also need to provide preservation, curation, metadata, and discovery services. GeoHydra, our open source toolkit and set of practices, provides these services for Stanford's libraries. We incorporate a variety of geospatial content types from raster imagery to scientific vector data to georeferenced scanned maps, and provide a data model for repositories. We demonstrate the potential of a new architecture and practice for librarianship for geospatial data using the Hydra framework. The digitization and georeferencing of historic map collections, streamlining the acquisition and cataloging of vendor-supplied data, shared cataloging of geographic resources, and citation of geospatial research data are all examples of use cases that GeoHydra serves. Our metadata creation and management strategies implement the ISO (International Standards Organization) suite of geographic standards, and a specialized metadata schema for discovery. We developed XSLT transformations, auto-generation of core elements, unique URIs for place names, and cross-institutional data sharing. With these metadata we built a novel geoportal, EarthWorks, to provide end-user discovery for geospatial data layers using GeoBlacklight technology.