Metadata practices in digital libraries

Paper in proceeding, 2011

The paper enlightens the professional environment about metadata application in hybrid libraries from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. It examines the main problems related to the " hybrid " nature of libraries and the concepts " hybrid library " and " digital library " are discussed through an extensive literature review. The review covers the evolution of the different standards and schemes of metadata practice in libraries, it focuses on the metadata practices in a real-world scenario, and discusses metadata implications for the libraries that launched initiatives for digitization. A final review of some relevant practical cases leads to the conclusions.