Current Trends in Cataloguing and the Challenges of a Cataloguer in the Digital Age

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dc.contributor.authorEsse, Ugwunwa C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-20T08:05:18Z
dc.date.available2020-07-20T08:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.description.abstractThe paper explains the challenges faced by cataloguers in this age of Information explosion and Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the attendant innovations and trends that are required to cope in this new environment. Cataloguing is not just building a catalogue, but about providing users with timely access to information relevant to their needs. The task of identifying resources collected by libraries, results in rich metadata that can be used for many purposes. It involves describing resources and showing their relationships to persons, families, corporate bodies and other resources, thereby enabling users to navigate through libraries to quickly get information they need. The metadata constructed throughout the life cycle of a resource is especially valuable to many types of users, from creators of resources to publishers, subscription agents, book vendors, resource aggregators, system vendors, libraries and other institutions, and end users. The new international cataloguing code, RDA (resource description and access) is discussed in this paper, with a view to meet fundamental user tasks in a way that produces wellformed, interconnected metadata for the digital environment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEsse, Ugwunwa C. (2013) Current Trends in Cataloguing and the Challenges of a Cataloguer in the Digital Age. INFORMATION IMPACT: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, 4 (2). pp. 16-23. ISSN 2141 - 4297en_US
dc.identifier.issn2141 - 4297
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12398/744
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInformation Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Managementen_US
dc.subjectCataloguingen_US
dc.subjectRDAen_US
dc.subjectDigital environmenten_US
dc.subjectMetadataen_US
dc.subjectResources descriptionen_US
dc.titleCurrent Trends in Cataloguing and the Challenges of a Cataloguer in the Digital Ageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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