The future of enriched, linked, open and filtered metadata: making sense of IFLA LRM, RDA, linked data and BIB frame

Abstract

visualisations and understanding how and why certain conclusions are drawn. Given data literacy’s broad theory and potential for application, a tendency to prioritise research data management, a single aspect of data literacy, points to the need for a more holistic approach. Also concerning is the trend of focusing efforts on those groups that offer the best (economic) return on investment – postgraduate researchers and other grant-funded workers – despite faculty recognising the unequal battle their undergraduates face in the form of misand dis-information, and the growing ubiquity and influence of data in this space. Given the work’s North American focus, some examples of initiatives and developments speak to situations generally not applicable to an Australian audience (librarians as faculty, and the teaching of for-credit library units, for example). However, the book’s content gives readers both interested in and currently practising data literacy initiatives plenty of inspiration to draw on as they seek to empower others in this ever-changing information age.