Essential reading: Metadata for digital libraries

The heart of our digital library at work is the METS standard. So, it's hard for me not to like this report which is very pro-METS. Richard Gartner's Metadata for digital libraries: state of the art and future directions [pdf] is a clarion call for integrated standards and agreed upon best practices in the future library metadata landscape.

Gartner stresses the importance of standards with XML as the common platform. He goes over the top contenders for integrated standards, such as METS, Dublin Core, MODS, MIX, etc. This report is written in a clear style and could function as a good introductory overview of descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata. A very good read for administrators, LIS students, as well as the experienced professional.

Via DigitalKoans