How do we approach the problem of metadata (and which formats we should use)? In what way is metadata like cataloging and in what way is it different? What is metadata anyway? I see metadata as cataloging. Libraries have a strong historical tradition of organizing materials. I think it is fair to say that the [...]
Archives for Cataloging
The Practice of Cataloging
I started out in library school wanting to be a cataloger. I started out as an undergraduate wanted to be an English major (I’m not sure what I intended to do with the degree, but the subject interested me). The path between being an English major and becoming a cataloger was charted by the book [...]
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