Introduction: Why we have to look to the Semantic Web for a new technological environment

A manifesto for paradigm shift

New technologies will always underpin future generations of library catalogues. In order to maintain their role in providing information, serving users, and fulfilling their mission as cultural heritage and memory institutions, libraries must take a technological leap for the next generation; library bibliographic standards, models, and services, must be transformed to those of the Semantic Web. Bibliographic Information Organization in the Semantic Web explores the technologies that will power the future generation of library catalogues, and argues the necessity of such a leap.

The first two chapters of the book provide ...

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