An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata: Enrich Then Filter

by Brett Stevens and Getaneh Alemu

An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised metadata to a user driven approach with users as metadata co-creators. Moving away from definitive, authoritative, metadata to a system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0081003854
• ISBN13: 9780081003855
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"