Information Resource Description

Philip Hider is Head of the School of Information Studies and Professor of Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has worked, taught and researched in the field of information organization in the UK, Singapore and Australia. He holds a PhD from City University, London and was made a Fellow of CILIP in 2004.

• 1. Definitions and scope 2. Information resource attributes 3. Tools and systems 4. Metadata sources 5. Metadata quality 6. Sharing metadata 7. Metadata standards 8. Vocabularies 9. The future of metadata.

'I felt as if each topic had been covered by a fair and balanced approach, to build up a detailed overall snapshot of metadata practices as they stand today, with sufficient context of the past and indications of possible future directions for the sector to help me gain a better grasp of the state of play of the profession in which I work…I would recommend this book to anyone working in a role that incorporates information organisation and resource description (I think a good case could be made for requesting funds for a copy in many workplaces for the purposes of professional development) and having at least a quick glance through it, especially if you are new to the profession, training, or recently qualified.'