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How Libraries Use Publisher Metadata
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 8:30 AM–9:15 AM CST
Room 301
Conference Track
1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing
Keywords
metadata, openURL, MARC, standards
Learning Objectives
- Understand the vital role that publisher metadata plays in the user discovery and access process
- Understand (at a high-level) the various library systems that provide full-text access
- Articulate the differences in information needs between undergraduate and graduate students/researchers
- Identify metadata standards and practices that support resource discovery (specifically openURL, KBART, MARC, PIE-J)
Abstract
This session describes how embedded publisher metadata supports the user discovery experience in library catalogs, link resolvers and discovery systems. Examples from several publishers will illustrate different approaches publishers can use in providing metadata to libraries and library service providers.