Jia Liu tackles the unruly world of metadata development and implementation through a state-of-the-art overview of major theoretical issues and exemplary practices. Part one of her book elaborates on the general and latest knowledge about metadata and its implementations. Part two discusses an international array of metadata-related practices, projects and applications in the digital library.
Jia Liu tackles the unruly world of metadata development and implementation through a state-of-the-art overview of major theoretical issues and exe...
This book outlines and evaluates the digital reference services in libraries worldwide. The work is based on an international collaborative project between two groups from German and Chinese institutions, during which digital reference services provided by nearly 200 libraries all over the world were evaluated. The book also examines the reasons for the resulting differences; it also contains more generic proposals and perspectives on digital reference services.
An international, evaluative approach is taken
Includes unique information - which has never before being...
This book outlines and evaluates the digital reference services in libraries worldwide. The work is based on an international collaborative project be...
