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In the article, How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box, written by Cory Lown, Tito Sierra, and Josh Boyer, the general consensus is – we’re lazy…and spoiled. Google has destroyed us! Acknowledging the massive difficulty in incorporating the complexity of existing library systems within a single search box, the authors have failed to…
I’m including The Life of a Digital Asset infographic (provided by the Asset Bank company) simply so that I get to use the word DAM in every other sentence. But seriously, Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems are currently the most effective way of accessing and publishing digital assets, especially digital media. The Asset Bank infographic…
Yes, the apocalypse is upon us. This has been the rallying cry within the information community for almost a decade now. In the 2007 article The Digital Library in One Hundred Years: Damage Control by Michael Seadle, the author aims to shine the light on damage control in expectation that we may soon loose decades…
In the 2007 article Planning for Metadata by Jody Perkins, I have found that while information on metadata has exploded since this article was written, it was the narrative on her personal experiences within the field that I have found most useful and still relevant ten years later. She stresses the importance of planning in advance…
In the article Metadata Normalization As an Indicator of Quality?, the author Mark E. Phillips analyzes the Digital Public Library of America’s metadata subject fields in order to provide insights into improving metadata records at their source. In particular, he is using the subject fields as an indicator of of the quality of a set…
In the paper The Seven Levels of Identification: An overview of the current state of identifying objects within digital libraries, Juha Hakala reviews the state of bibliographic identifiers being used within digital libraries in 2005 with a goal of arguing that more needs to be done in this area in order to fulfill the particular…
The article, A Metadata Manager’s Role in Collaborative Projects by Li Sun perfectly illustrates the importance of including LIS professionals in one area I have felt has been seriously neglected in the world of academia…that of cross-disciplinary, collaborative projects. In using the Rutgers University Libraries as a case study, Li showcases the valuable skills that metadata managers…
In Zen and the Art of Metadata Maintenance, the author John W. Warren sees metadata as “…both a universe and DNA.” In the article, he attributes the metadata “ecosystem” as a strategic tool, being implemented by publishers in a myriad of incarnations for an ever-expanding number of reasons. At its core, metadata is simply information:…
The goal of Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements by Jeonghyun Kim, Edward Warga, and William E. Moen is to analyze public job announcements in order to discover what skills are truly being sought after in the field of digital curation. Given that this was published in 2013 using data created…
It is a particular pet-peeve of mine to hear the phrase “economies of scale” when it is used in reference to anything outside of manufacturing & distribution. The traditional definition of this term is “…the inverse relationship between the quantity produced and per-unit fixed costs; i.e. the greater the quantity of a good produced, the…
This is a review of the article Why It’s So Important to Understand What’s In Our Archives by Kalev Leetaru and published online at Forbes.com The article discusses the trade-offs in trying to “…preserve an infinite stream with finite resources.” How do you prioritize web-based content? How much should you aim to preserve? How often should…
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