UTILIZATION OF METADATA STANDARD FOR DESCRIPTION AND FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATION RESOURCES IN THE NETWORKED DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
UTILIZATION OF METADATA STANDARD FOR DESCRIPTION AND FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATION RESOURCES IN THE NETWORKED DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
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2024
Authors
Salihu, Ibrahim Yusuf
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FORUM JOURNAL OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COMPLEX
Abstract
Creation of metadata is generally done to ensure continuous and steady identification, location and
access to legal information resources particularly, in networked digital information environment such
as the web. This paper discusses utilization of metadata standards for facilitating access to legal
information resources in the network digital environment by examining the traditional and ICT related
knowledge and skills of the metadata librarian in describing and creating access. Nature of Law, its
information resources and use were highlighted to provide background insight for the paper. The
emergence of metadata was traced to the traditional function of nascent library cataloguing up to the
contemporary application of MARC, BIBFRAME and Linked Data Frameworks for resource
description, interoperability, access and resource sharing. Metadata Standards such as Dublin Core
and Mark-up Languages such as, XML among others suitable for describing digital information
resources were captured for informative and illustrative purposes. Furthermore, types and
importance of metadata in organization and facilitation of access to law information resources were
equally explained. The paper concluded by drawing attention to the roles metadata librarian play in
enhancing the discovery, access and utilization of legal information resources
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JOURNAL OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY COMPLEX