Journal article
Application of semi-automatic metadata generation in libraries: Types, tools, and techniques
Library & information science research, v 31(4), pp 225-231
01 Dec 2009
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Abstract
Analysis of a survey of the types and extent of tools and techniques related to semi-automatic metadata generation applied in real-world library settings indicates that practical applications in libraries seem to be at an incipient stage. More than half (n = 149, 52.5%) of the survey participants (n = 285) specify that semiautomatic metadata generation has not been utilized for metadata creation and management in their libraries. This figure becomes even higher when adding the response "don't know," constituting an additional 13.7%. The results of the survey also show that the semi-automatic metadata generation tools described by participants mostly concern metadata format conversion (38.6%) and metadata templates and forms (27%) for populating certain metadata values. Complex tools and the generation and extraction of metadata directly from the content and context of the digital objects are rarely applied in libraries. This indicates that more research is needed on the development of automatic metadata generation for semantic metadata in usable and practical settings. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Application of semi-automatic metadata generation in libraries: Types, tools, and techniques
- Creators
- Jung-ran Park - Drexel UniversityCaimei Lu - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Library & information science research, v 31(4), pp 225-231
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000271453400004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-70350057335
- Other Identifier
- 991019169899304721
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