The Metadata blog is the official blog of the Metadata Interest Group (MIG), an interest group of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services division of the American Library Association.
In addition to reporting on Interest Group activities, ALA conference sessions relating to metadata, the blog is a central place to find and share items of interest to the library metadata world. Contributions include summaries of articles or research, links to educational opportunities, calls for papers, descriptions of interesting projects, conference reports, requests for assistance, or anything else of potential interest to the community. Posts may contain original content or link to existing content, as appropriate.
Metadata is an unsung hero of the modern world, the plumbing that makes the information age possible. This course describes how Metadata is used as an information tool for the Web, for databases, and for the software and computing applications around us.
Rimmf is a a visualization tool for cataloguers, to help them to get used to thinking RDA, instead of thinking AACR/MARC, as well as a cataloging training tool, to help educators teach RDA thinking.
T. Gill, A. Gilliland, M. Whalen, and M. Woodley. Getty Publications, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1682, Online edition, version 3.0 edition, (2008)ISBN: 9780892369676.