Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians

Metadata, or data about data, is used to organize and access information in an effective way. From cataloguing to organizing archives, metadata helps front-line librarians provide customers with a direct path to information. In this text, Priscilla Caplan presents a comprehensive description of the various forms of metadata, its applications, and how librarians can put it to work.

• Author
• Priscilla Caplan

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 204

• Publisher
• ALA Editions

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780838908471

• Genres
• librarianship

• Release date
• 2003