Academic Libraries and the Semantic Web: What the Future May Hold for Research-Supporting Library Catalogues Export

@article{citeulike:1098749, abstract = {This paper examines how future metadata capabilities could enable academic libraries to exploit information on the emerging Semantic Web in their library catalogues. Whereas current metadata architectures treat the Web as a simple means of interchanging bibliographic data that have been created by libraries, this paper suggests that academic libraries could use the Semantic Web as a source of rich metadata that can be retrieved and inserted into bibliographic records to enhance the user's information searches and to expand the role of the academic library catalogue as a research tool rather than a mere locating device. The paper uses examples from the fields of rare books, literary criticism, and film studies to illustrate how academic libraries, by shifting their emphasis from cataloguing standards to Web information evaluation, can play a new and exciting role in the development of electronic information services.}, author = {Campbell, Grant D. and Fast, Karl V.}, citeulike-article-id = {1098749}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2004.06.007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0099133304001089}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W50-4D1R89M-1/2/6488380bdb54fb4a85aa290c50f0c15f}, doi = {10.1016/j.acalib.2004.06.007}, journal = {The Journal of Academic Librarianship}, keywords = {cataloguing, libraries, opac, reflist, thesis, web}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {382--390}, posted-at = {2009-06-22 03:56:01}, priority = {0}, title = {Academic Libraries and the Semantic Web: What the Future May Hold for Research-Supporting Library Catalogues}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2004.06.007}, volume = {30}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1098749 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1098749 N2 - This paper examines how future metadata capabilities could enable academic libraries to exploit information on the emerging Semantic Web in their library catalogues. Whereas current metadata architectures treat the Web as a simple means of interchanging bibliographic data that have been created by libraries, this paper suggests that academic libraries could use the Semantic Web as a source of rich metadata that can be retrieved and inserted into bibliographic records to enhance the user's information searches and to expand the role of the academic library catalogue as a research tool rather than a mere locating device. The paper uses examples from the fields of rare books, literary criticism, and film studies to illustrate how academic libraries, by shifting their emphasis from cataloguing standards to Web information evaluation, can play a new and exciting role in the development of electronic information services. IS - 5 JF - The Journal of Academic Librarianship EP - 390 TI - Academic Libraries and the Semantic Web: What the Future May Hold for Research-Supporting Library Catalogues VL - 30 SP - 382 KW - cataloguing KW - libraries KW - opac KW - reflist KW - thesis KW - web AU - Campbell, Grant AU - Fast, Karl PY - 2004/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2004.06.007 ER -