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Creating metadata for children's resources: Issues, research, and current developments

Abbas, June

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Title
Creating metadata for children's resources: Issues, research, and current developments
Author(s)
Abbas, June
Issue Date
2005
Keyword(s)
  • Children and digital resources
  • Metadata
Abstract
A key challenge to retrieval in any type of system is how to represent the resources appropriately so that the user(s) can fi nd what they are looking for. In systems being used by children, as well as those designed specifi cally for children, there exist two fundamental representation problems: (1) the metadata or representation scheme of the system may not be designed with this specifi c user group in mind, and (2) few age-appropriate controlled vocabularies exist for use in creating metadata. Existing research in these two problem areas and the impact on the users’ information seeking and retrieval experiences are presented. Current projects and developments, and the contribution that the users themselves can provide, will give the reader further insight into the issues and potential opportunities for research and application. (from the article)
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3474
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Copyright 2005 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Library Trends 54 (2) Fall 2005: Children's Access and Use of Digital Resources PRIMARY
Library Trends 54 (2) Fall 2005: Children's Access and Use of Digital Resources. Edited by Allison Druin