Metadata and cataloguing practices

• Authors: El-Sherbini Magda , Klim George
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

Metadata standards existing today range from very complex to very simple. Relative simplicity or complexity of metadata standards depends in large part on the resources for which they were created and the depth of description that is deemed necessary to make these resources accessible. This paper reviews the differences between metadata standards and current cataloguing practices, and discusses how the various metadata standards are applied in libraries. In addressing these issues, the authors introduce definitions of key concepts of metadata and cataloguing standards and provide an overview of the most common metadata schemes. The discussion of current cataloguing practices includes an overview of the most commonly used cataloguing practices and standards, the impact of metadata on library practice and the role of librarians related to metadata. The authors will discuss the OHIOLINK Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD) as an example of how Anglo American Cataloguing Rules 2nd (AACR2) and Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC21) are used as metadata to store, describe and access this unique information resource.

Keywords

EN

LIBRARY CATALOGUES; METADATA

Discipline

• LIBRARY_&_INFORMATION_SCIENCE: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

• Publisher: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, National Technical Information Centre and Library (BME OMIKK)
• Journal: Tudomanyos es Muszaki Tajekoztatas ( Scientific and Technical Information; Hungarian journal of library and information science)
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 77-88
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

El-Sherbini Magda

author

Klim George

• Magda El-Sherbini, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10HUAAAA07936