Cataloging standards practiced within the traditional library, archive and museum environments are not interoperable for
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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
1. The Historical Use of Catalogs in the Arrangement of Knowledge in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: A Survey......Page 23
2. Analog to Digital: The Growing Pains of a Religious Archive Migrating its Administrative Collections......Page 51
3. The Theory was Sound: A Case Study in the Lifecycle of a Library Streaming Sound Collection......Page 60
4. Digital Access Enhancement Initiative at the National Music Museum......Page 72
5. Cataloging and Description Practices Informed by Rationale in a Small LAM Environment......Page 85
6. Digital Archival Representation: Approaches and Challenges......Page 99
7. Linking Items, Connecting Content: The Donald Thomson Collection......Page 112
8. Information Management Systems at the Metropolitan Museum of Art......Page 127
9. Art Information Culture: Contemporary Disruptions in Museums......Page 140
10. How Metadata Informs Purpose: A Case Study of NYPL’s Open Source GIS-Driven MapWarper Tool......Page 170
11. Transcribe as Seen: Challenging RDA Regarding Gender in Moving Image Materials......Page 187
12. Cultural Heritage Curriculum Crosswalk: Using Metadata to Connect to Curriculum......Page 199
13. Optimizing Merged Metadata Standards for Online Community History: A Linked Open Data Approach......Page 216
14. Evolution and Revolution in Metadata Librarianship: Identifying New Requirements for Professional Qualifications amid Organizational Change......Page 229
15. Increasing Interoperability through the Transformation and the Consolidation of Image Collections’ Metadata......Page 238
16. Large Scale with a Small Staff and Even Smaller Budget: Updating Metadata to Reflect Revised Best Practices......Page 251
17. Bringing the Archives Out of the Art Museum: Local Metadata Planning within a Global Context......Page 265
18. Experiments in High Resolution Imaging for Exhibition and Publication of Historic Fashion: The Drexel Digital Museum Project......Page 279
About the authors......Page 292
Index......Page 299