Apologies for cross posting

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*Overview*

Libraries are busy purchasing data sets from vendors and providing
(research)data management services for scholars. While it brought
excitement and opportunities to libraries a new area to incorporate and
thus expand its services, it also brought challenges, notably how to
describe and provide access to the data. Because of its characteristics,
metadata for data can be designed based on the system that the data is
stored and used for management and discovery, or the user community that
data is created for and used by. The special issue of the *Journal of
Library Metadata* tries to assess common practices in description of data,
challenges encountered, and share the best practices used in the library
domain.


*Topics*

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:

   - Locally developed application profile or emerging metadata standard
   for data and data sets (data collections) and the purpose of the profile or
   standard (i.e. preservation, description, and/or management)
   - Tools or systems used for data cataloging and their strengths and
   weaknesses
   - Newly developed ontology and vocabularies for data and data sets
   - Best practices and consideration for data cataloging including
   successful use cases
   - Metadata that provides intellectual access to big data (social media
   data, sensor data, and other similar large data)
   - Experimentation of linked data in data cataloging and discovery
   services
   - Skill sets required for data cataloging in addition to traditional
   cataloging skills



*Submission Procedure*

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before September
15, 2017, a proposal (between 500 to 700 words) clearly explaining the
objectives and concerns of his or her proposed article.  Authors of
accepted proposals will be notified shortly about the status of their
proposals. Full manuscripts (3000-7000 words) are expected to be submitted
by November 15, 2017.  All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis.


Please forward submissions electronically (Word document) to the guest
editors at:

·       Myung-Ja (MJ) K. Han([log in to unmask])

·       Karen Hogenboom ([log in to unmask])



The *Journal of Library Metadata*—retitled from the *Journal of Internet
Cataloging* to reflect a wider focus—is the exclusive forum for the latest
research, innovations, news, and expert views about all aspects of metadata
applications in libraries and about the role of metadata in information
retrieval. This focused journal comprehensively discusses practical,
applicable information that libraries can effectively use in their own
information discovery environments. Specialized knowledge, the latest
technology, and top research are presented pertaining specifically to
evolving metadata use in libraries. More information about the *Journal of
Library Metadata* can be found online at http://taylorandfrancis.com/.