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PDFT5 | Chapter 4 | The goal of the fourth edition remains to enable students, practicing librarians, and others interested in organizing information to understand the theory, principles, standards, and tools behind information organization in all types of environments |

Contents Chapter 4
1. Metadata pg. 1
2. The Basics of Metadata pg. 3
-- Table 1 Types of Metadata pg. 4
3. Metadata Schemes pg. 6
4. Metadata Characteristics pg. 7
5. Catagories of Metadata pg. 8
-- Administrative Metadata
-- Technical Metadata
-- Preservation Metadata
-- Rights and Access Metadata
-- Meta-Metadata
-- Structural Metadata
6. Implementations of Structural Metadata pg. 13
7. Descriptive Metadata pg.14
8. Metadata Models pg. 15
9. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) pg. 15
10. User Tasks pg. 16 (related to FRBR & Cutter's Objects...)
11. FRBR Entities and Attributes pg. 18
-- Table 2 Attributes of Entities
12 FRBR Relationships pg. 19
13. Resource Description Framework (RDF) pg. 21
-- Figure 4.1 Basic Conceptual RDF Model
-- Figure 4.2 A Simple RDF Statement Using Dublin Core
-- Figure 4.3 Graphical Representation of the RDF Description
14. DCMI Abstract Model (DCAM) pg. 25
15. Metadata Management Tools pg. 26
-- Application Profiles
-- Metadata Registries
-- Crosswalks
-- Harvesting Tools and Templates
16. Metadata and Cataloging pg. 29
17. Conclusion pg. 32
18. Notes pg. 33

1. FOLDOC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. Available: http://foldoc.
org/. The definition given is for the hyphenated “meta-data,” which,
FOLDOC says, is not to be confused with “Metadata,” a term coined by Jack E.
Myers used the term in a brochure for a product and registered it as a
U.S. trademark. This distinction is not typical in the LIS field.

2. These categories of metadata are described in detail later in this chapter
and in Chapter 7.

3. Sherry L. Vellucci, “Metadata and Authority Control,” Library Resources &
Technical Services 44, no. 1 (2000): 33–43.

4. Stuart Weibel, “Metadata: Semantics; Structure; Syntax.” Weibel Lines:
Ruminations on Libraries and Internet Standards. Available: http://weibel-lines.typepad.com/weibelines/2008/02/metadata-semant.html.

5. PREMIS: Preservation Metadata Maintenance Activity (Library of Congress).
Available: http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/

9. Metadata for Images in XML Standard (MIX). Available: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/
more....

19. Suggested Readings

Baca, Murtha, ed. Introduction to Metadata. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, Calif.: Getty
Research Institute, 2008.
Caplan, Priscilla. Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians. Chicago: American
Library Association, 2003. Chapter 16: “Administrative Metadata,”
Chapter 17: “Structural Metadata,” and Chapter 18: “Rights Metadata.”
Hillman, Diane, and Elaine L. Westbrooks, eds. Metadata in Practice. Chicago:
American Library Association, 2004.
Hodge, Gail. Understanding Metadata. Bethesda, Md.: National Information
Standards Organization, 2004. Available: http://www.niso.org/publica
tions/press/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Digital Libraries:
Metadata Resources. Latest revision October 24, 2005. Available:
http://www.ifl a.org/II/metadata.htm.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, IFLA Study
Group, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) (Munich:
Saur, 1998). Available: http://www.ifl a.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr_current_
toc.htm or http://www.ifl a.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr_2008.pdf.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Working
Group on FRANAR. Functional Requirements for Authority Data: A Conceptual
Model. Available: http://www.ifl a.org/VII/d4/wg-franar.htm or
http://www.ifl a.org/VII/d4/FRANAR-ConceptualModel-2ndReview.
pdf.
Intner, Sheila S., Susan S. Lazinger, and Jean Weihs. Metadata and Its Impact
on Libraries. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. Chapter 1:
“What Is Metadata?” and Chapter 2: “Metadata Schemas and Their Relationships
to Particular Communities.”
Jones, Wayne, Judith R. Ahronheim, and Josephine Crawford, eds. Cataloging
the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21. (ALCTS Papers on Library
Technical Services and Collections, no. 10.) Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 2002.
Lazinger, Susan S. Digital Preservation and Metadata: History, Theory, Practice.
Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001. Chapter 1: “Why Is Digital
Preservation an Issue?” and Chapter 2: “What Electronic Data Should
Be Preserved?”
Maxwell, Robert L. FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed. Chicago: American Library
Association, 2008.
“Metadata Standards, Crosswalks, and Standard Organizations.” In Cataloger’s
Toolbox (Memorial University of Newfoundland Libraries). Last
updated January 17, 2007. Available: http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/
toolbox/standards.htm.
Smiraglia, Richard P., ed. Metadata: A Cataloger’s Primer. New York: Haworth
Information Press, 2005.
Taylor, Arlene G., ed. Understanding FRBR: What It Is and How It Will Affect Our
Retrieval Tools. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
Vellucci, Sherry L. “Metadata and Authority Control.” Library Resources &
Technical Services 44, no. 1 (January 2000): 33–43.
“What Are Metadata?” Last updated November 7, 2006. Available: http://
www.fgdc.gov/metadata.
Zeng, Marcia Lei, and Jian Qin. Metadata. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2008.

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OMG this is the BEST BOOK I've ever read!!!

I just finished a course on Information Organization with one of the authors, Professor Joudrey. I'm glad I took this required course/read this book in the first semester of my MLIS program because it has given me a foundation for understanding information organization in the past and present, with projections into the future -- in libraries, archives, and online.

Appendices offer helpful examples of concepts presented in various chapters and the glossary & index (when I remembered to use them) saved me from banging my head against the wall during several assignments. It feels like I absorbed only a small percentage of the information and will keep this textbook on my shelves for reference.

This is an aside, but one thing I did quickly learn is that the profession of library science is as acronym-heavy as the United States military. This makes sense considering they're both systems-oriented and uber-organized (at least in theory).

great information for graduate students

For student

If you only buy one FRBR book, buy several copies of this one!

Comprehensive textbook, with just the right mix for information classification, including history (the hand written card catalogs) and modern database coding.

Has a lot of technical data and sometimes requires reading and re-reading passages.

An interesting overview of the various methods used to organize information.

Clearly explains technical information and includes humorous sentences.

This is good book for gaining an entry level understanding of the organization of information, cataloging and metadata.

Used before online cataloguing for teaching cataloguing rules

Heavy, tedious reading but it has everything I need in very clear language. The content is just difficult, not the writing. I prefer this textbook to having to read 50 scholarly articles; I thank my professor for using this medium.

Informative, but harder to read than the Chan, which covered much of the same material. Part of it might have been the font. Good examples, though.

Well organized text book. Revised updated second edition of this popular textbook, provides a vital guide to the organization of information. After a broad overview of the concept and its role, Taylor proceeds to a detailed discussion of such basic retrieval tools as bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities. After tracing the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present, the author addresses topics that include encoding standards (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), metadata (description, access, and access control), verbal subject analysis including controlled vocabularies and ontologies, classification theory and methodology, arrangement and display, and system design.

Complete book on cataloging and classification. Arlene Taylor is professor emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburg, author of several works, ALA Highsmith Literature Award; ALA's Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification. Use as reference source.

It was difficult to get through but it did its job. There is a newer edition of this book available and perhaps it is better. Taylor does do a good job explaining a very dry subject to those who may not have a copy of the AACR2 with them. That may be a miracle in itself, but even still, it was very dry.

Similar to Taylor's Introduction to Cataloguing and Classification. This one takes a broader view, and the chapters are reasonably readable. However, the book could do with a little life! It rarely engages.

This book is good in that it is technically correct, and it provides a ton of information on cataloguing. However, it is not very accessible! I suppose it is an introduction to the topic, but the writing is extremely dry and rarely engages the reader. Even technical writing like this should have a little life!

This is a required textbook for a class. It is NOT an exciting read. Sorry. It's not helped by the fact that the subject matter is incredibly dry. I do the things this book talks about for a living, and it's WAAAAAAAY more interesting to do than it is to read about it. Just sayin' . . .

Good Text, clear explanations. A good reference.

Dr. Taylor is obviously a highly intelligent woman who is well known and respected in her field. However, she seems (to me at least) to belong to that class of people who are brilliant yet unable to explain their field to others. I found this book very dull and technical, even though I don't think cataloging is necessarily a dull and technical occupation. It seems to me that although this book is meant to be an introduction, you need to have at least a minimal background in cataloging in order to understand the text. Dr. Taylor's discussion of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), for example, was much more confusing to me than just reading AACR itself. Overall, I found this book difficult to read and not particularly useful.

This is the main text for class, which is also well done. May be worth holding on to.

A book I read for cataloging class. Textbooks have no reason to be so readable and easy to use. Or maybe they do? One of the unexpected delights of cataloging class even if I don’t understand half of what I’m learning.½

While I certainly don't expect page-turning excitement in a book introducing the concepts of metadata and cataloging, I do expect better organization. Concepts not introduced until later in the book are discussed too early on, which leads to quite a bit of flipping around. I guess I expect more organization in a book like this.