Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing Metadata. Second Edition. (book review)

Resource Description provides a broad yet detailed sweep of metadata best practices and applications.It is clearly organized and steeped with references and links to an incredibly robust amount of resources.I am confident in proclaiming it a bible for any information professional who is new to metadata application or who wants to improve their understanding of the landscape and trends in the complex world of seemingly infinite metadata elements.While many library associations have seminal works that are discipline-specific, such as the Music Library Association's guide for sound and audiovisual archives (Jenn Riley's Glossary of Metadata Standards, for example), Hider's sweeping text provides a foundational resource for those new to this aspect of librarianship and one that can be applied to many subject areas.It expands on the discipline-specific texts by incorporating an element of quality improvement and systems management for which librarian expertise is required and able to be widely applied.

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