Organization, Representation and Description Through the Digital Age : Information in Libraries, Archives and Museums.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Cataloging Technologies and its Influence on the Organization and Description of Information -- 1. The Historical Use of Catalogs in the Arrangement of Knowledge in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: A Survey -- Part II: The Transition from Analog to Digital. Web 1.0 -- 2. Analog to Digital: The Growing Pains of a Religious Archive Migrating its Administrative Collections -- 3. The Theory was Sound: A Case Study in the Lifecycle of a Library Streaming Sound Collection -- 4. Digital Access Enhancement Initiative at the National Music Museum -- 5. Cataloging and Description Practices Informed by Rationale in a Small LAM Environment -- Part III: Finding Structure. Making Connections. Web 2.0 -- 6. Digital Archival Representation: Approaches and Challenges -- 7. Linking Items, Connecting Content: The Donald Thomson Collection -- 8. Information Management Systems at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- 9. Art Information Culture: Contemporary Disruptions in Museums -- 10. How Metadata Informs Purpose: A Case Study of NYPL's Open Source GIS-Driven MapWarper Tool -- Part IV: Transition to Web 3.0 -- 11. Transcribe as Seen: Challenging RDA Regarding Gender in Moving Image Materials -- 12. Cultural Heritage Curriculum Crosswalk: Using Metadata to Connect to Curriculum -- 13. Optimizing Merged Metadata Standards for Online Community History: A Linked Open Data Approach -- 14. Evolution and Revolution in Metadata Librarianship: Identifying New Requirements for Professional Qualifications amid Organizational Change -- 15. Increasing Interoperability through the Transformation and the Consolidation of Image Collections' Metadata -- 16. Large Scale with a Small Staff and Even Smaller Budget: Updating Metadata to Reflect Revised Best Practices.

17. Bringing the Archives Out of the Art Museum: Local Metadata Planning within a Global Context -- 18. Experiments in High Resolution Imaging for Exhibition and Publication of Historic Fashion: The Drexel Digital Museum Project -- About the authors -- Index.

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