Open AccessBook Review: Linked Data for Libraries, Archives, and Museums: How to Clean, Link and Publish Your Metadata
Author(s) -
Lisa Romano
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
library resources and technical services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2159-9610
pISSN - 0024-2527
DOI - 10.5860/lrts.59n2.97
Subject(s) - metadata , publication , world wide web , linked data , publishing , computer science , process (computing) , library science , semantic web , political science , law , operating system
For the past few years, librarians have heard how Linked Data will be the future of bibliographic data. Linked Data for Libraries, Archives, and Museums: How to Clean, Link and Publish Your Metadata tries to make sense of the hype. The goal of this book is to introduce “the process of making your collections available, from the arduous processes of cleaning and connecting to publishing it for the world” (xiv). Specifically, this book describes metadata standards including Linked Data, associated tools and technologies, and the sustainability of metadata and technologies. The authors critically evaluate various options that can be used to clean, enrich, and publish metadata along with the history, advantages, and disadvantages of each.