Cultural Information Standards—Political Territory and Rich Rewards

Mason, Ingrid

doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262033534.003.0012

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“…In order for standards to achieve their intended purposes, it requires necessary ingredients such as significant international good will, interest, and investment in people, time, and technology by the developing agencies and implementing institutions (Mason, 2007). Gill and Miller (2002) argue “the consistency that gives rise to interoperability in digital cultural collections is achieved through the use of standards – codified rules and guidelines for the creation, description and management of digital resources”.…”

Section: Metadata Approachesmentioning

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Towards a conceptual framework for user‐driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries

Alemu

Stevens²,

Ross

2012

New Library World

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Purpose-With the aim of developing a conceptual framework which aims to facilitate semantic metadata interoperability, this paper explores overarching conceptual issues on how traditional library information organisation schemes such as Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs), taxonomies, thesauri, and ontologies on the one hand versus Web 2.0 technologies such as social tagging (folksonomies) can be harnessed to provide users with satisfying experiences. Design/methodology/approach-This paper reviews works in relation to current metadata creation, utilisation and interoperability approaches focusing on how a social constructivist philosophical perspective can be employed to underpin metadata decisions in digital libraries. Articles are retrieved from databases such as EBSCO host and Emerald and online magazines such as D-Lib and Ariadne. Books, news articles and blog posts that are deemed relevant are also used to support the arguments put forward in this paper. Findings-Current metadata approaches are deeply authoritative and metadata deployments in digital libraries tend to favour an objectivist approach with focus on metadata simplicity. It is argued that unless information objects are enriched with metadata generated through a collaborative and user-driven approach, achieving semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries will remain difficult. Practical implications-In this paper, it is indicated that the number of metadata elements (fields) constituting a standard has a direct bearing on metadata richness, which in turn directly affects semantic interoperability. It is expected that this paper will contribute towards a better understanding of harnessing user-driven metadata. Originality/value-As suggested in this paper, a conceptual metadata framework which is underpinned by a social constructivist approach substantially contributes to semantic interoperability in digital libraries.

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Towards a conceptual framework for user‐driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries

Alemu

Stevens²,

Ross

2012

New Library World

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“…To create a sustainable infrastructure for digital preservation, libraries and other memory institutions must create interoperable systems and develop standards for creation and storage (Bradley, 2007;Mason, 2007). Otherwise, how will individuals know what practices are best for storage and file formats and where their valued personal digital information should reside?…”

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“…Public libraries are either gaining or creating state-of-the-art knowledge as they develop and maintain their own digital collections and make those collections accessible to others (Bradley, 2007;Cole & Shreeves, 2004;Mason, 2007). Public libraries are a vital part of communities (Agosto, 2007;Sullivan, 2003) and of the information economy, and they are in position to create connections between the two (Abend & McClure, 1999;Urban Libraries Council, 2007).…”

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Helping People to Manage and Share Their Digital Information: A Role for Public Libraries

Copeland¹,

Barreau²

2011

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As a cultural institution, the public library is charged with providing resources and services that fit the needs of a particular community and, if space and budgets allow, of serving as a resource and repository of the community's past. To fulfill its mission to the public, the library must attract that public by offering materials and providing opportunities for them to pursue their unique and varied interests and discover new things. By engaging individuals in the identification and preservation of their own personal, digital objects, it may be possible to increase awareness in, and commitment to, community repositories that reflect a community's diversity and that will serve all. A user education program that focuses on the importance of identifying and preserving the information and artifacts that are important, that addresses the technical aspects of preservation, and that creates awareness of the benefits and challenges associated with sharing personal information can result in a community repository that ultimately has more value for both the individual and the community.

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“…It has been asserted that for libraries and other memory institutions to create a sustainable infrastructure for digital preservation they must collaborate with each other, create interoperable systems, and develop standards for creation and storage (Bradley, 2007; Mason, 2007). This research considers the preservation infrastructure that supports personal digital information, the type of information that one keeps for one's own purposes, (e.g.…”

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Personal digital information: What? where? why? content types, storage locations, and motivations — implications for long term preservation

Japzon

2008

Proc of Assoc for Info

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Cultural Information Standards—Political Territory and Rich Rewards

Cited by 10 publications

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Towards a conceptual framework for user‐driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries

Towards a conceptual framework for user‐driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries

Helping People to Manage and Share Their Digital Information: A Role for Public Libraries

Personal digital information: What? where? why? content types, storage locations, and motivations — implications for long term preservation

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