Doing magic with metadata: the six purposes of metadata
In this talk from our ISKO colleague Dr. David Haynes, author of Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval we will look at ways in which metadata can be used to improve the management of information resources. David will discuss the practical applications of metadata in six main areas:
This session will be invaluable for anyone involved in information and knowledge management roles, and who wishes to gain a better understanding of practical ways of exploiting metadata in the organisation.
- Information resource identification and description
- Information retrieval and discovery
- Managing the information lifecycle
- Managing intellectual property rights
- Supporting e-commerce and e-government
- Information governance.
This session will be invaluable for anyone involved in information and knowledge management roles, and who wishes to gain a better understanding of practical ways of exploiting metadata in the organisation.
About the SpeakerDr. David Haynes is Secretary of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) and former Chair of ISKO UK. He is Lecturer in information governance, information and knowledge organization, security and risk at Edinburgh Napier University, School of Computing, and former IC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at City, University of London. Prior to that, David had spent thirty years in information management consultancy. David is author of the highly regarded book, Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: Understanding metadata and its use, now in its second edition (London: Facet Publishing, 2018).
David is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and Member of the Chartered Institute for IT. |
Date/Time
Venue Type of Event Who should attend Fee |
Friday 20 August 2021, 3.30pm-5.00pm (Singapore)
This session was facilitated via Zoom. Only registered participants were admitted to the call. Case Discussion | Networking | Panel | Site Visit | Talk & Discussion | Workshop * Information and knowledge managers, content managers, intranet managers, records managers, managers responsible for information governance, corporate and research librarians, university librarians, and data analytics teams. This session was free to all participants. |
event materials
Here are David's slides with notes. Download here.
Here are the edited highlights of the chat discussion. Download here.
The edited highlights of the session recording are given below. Part One deals with the 6 major functions of metadata. Part Two discusses the challenges and opportunities of working with metadata.
Here are the edited highlights of the chat discussion. Download here.
The edited highlights of the session recording are given below. Part One deals with the 6 major functions of metadata. Part Two discusses the challenges and opportunities of working with metadata.
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