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Metadata quality control in digital repositories and collections: criteria, semantics, and mechanisms
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-09)
This article evaluates practices on metadata quality control in digital repositories and collections using an online survey of cataloging and metadata professionals in the United States. The study examines (1) the perceived ...
Is there an information literacy skills gap to be bridged? An examination of faculty perceptions and activities relating to information literacy in the United States and England
(American Library Association, 2010-05)
Surveys of faculty were conducted at two higher education institutions in England and the United States to ascertain their perceptions of information literacy. Faculty were also asked about the extent to which they ...
Analyzing library metadata for Web-based metadata reuse services: a case-study examination of WorldCat.org and RefWorks
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-11)
The goal of this article is to analyze problems in citation outputs generated by Web-based bibliographic management software RefWorks in order to illustrate how existing library data in the WorldCat.org database can be ...
From metadata creation to metadata quality control: continuing education needs among cataloging and metadata professionals
(Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2010-07)
This study aims to examine the current state and needs of continuing education among cataloging and metadata professionals regarding metadata creation and management.Using nationwide survey data, the study finds an active ...
Exploring Philadelphia: Walking tours and libraries in the Center City
(Association of College & Research Libraries, 2010)
Are A & I services in a death spiral?
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010)
Metadata creation practices in digital repositories and collections: schemata, selection criteria, and interoperability
(American Library Association, 2010-09)
This study explores the current state of metadata-creation practices across digital repositories and collections by using data collected from a nationwide survey of mostly cataloging and metadata professionals. Results ...