2006SummerQ2

Question #2
Digital libraries and collections are receiving increasing attention in the literature and at professional meetings. Some argue that traditional hard copy collections will soon be a thing of the past. In the current environment, access systems simultaneously hold metadata for hard-copy and digital items, thus transforming library-based and other information services and creating challenges for the organization and representation of information.

First, summarize, compare and contrast the roles of descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata. Then, considering a collection that combines both physical objects (e.g., books, DVDs, slides) and purely digital assets (e.g., datasets, blog content) provide the rationale for differences in the design of one descriptive element, one administrative metadata element, and one structural metadata element for each type of item (i.e., physical object and digital assets) in the collection.

Question #5 (Set A)
Digital libraries and collections are receiving increasing attention in the literature and at professional meetings. Some argue that traditional hard copy collections will soon be a thing of the past. However, in the current environment, access systems simultaneously hold metadata for hard-copy and digital items, thus creating challenges for the organization and representation of information.

First, summarize, compare and contrast the roles of descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata. Then, considering a collection that combines both physical objects (e.g., books, DVDs, slides) and purely digital assets (e.g., datasets, blog content, digitized journal articles and books, video files), provide the rationale for differences in the design of one descriptive metadata element, one administrative metadata element, and one structural metadata element for each type of item (i.e., physical object and digital asset) in the collection.

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