Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums: How to Clean, Link, and Publish Your Metadata

摘要

Is there a single book that will answer all our questions about metadata, linked data, and Resource Description Framework (RDF)? Probably not, but Seth van Hooland and Ruben Verborgh have provided us with an excellent overview of linked data in their important work Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums. While not focused on library cataloging, the authors succeed in providing us with a detailed description of the problems we face and the solutions to be found in Resource Description Framework and elsewhere. This handbook about how to clean, link, and publish our data is a must not only for metadata practitioners and information technology professionals in libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions, but also for directors of technical services departments and for those who may aspire to this position. It helps readers develop new ways of thinking about existing MARC and non-MARC metadata-data we have taken for granted.