Dr Getaneh Alemu is an Information Professional and Researcher who is currently working as a Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom. He has worked and studied in higher education for more than 15 years in Ethiopia, Belgium, Norway, Estonia and the United Kingdom. He worked as a lecturer and Head University Librarian in Mekelle University, Ethiopia. He also worked as a research assistant on a digital preservation project at the University of Portsmouth. Getaneh’s research focus includes Metadata, Digital Libraries, Open Access, Linked Data and Web 2.0 technologies. Dr Brett Stevens is a Principal Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Programmes for the School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. After joining Portsmouth in 2001, teaching multimedia production, virtual reality and research methods at Masters level, Brett has since become Faculty Research Degrees Coordinator for the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries. His research focuses on user interaction, with a focus on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Computer Games and Computer Animation. He is a Member of the British Computing Society and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

"Alemu and Stevens’ main objective is to state a case for library systems that support the creation and use of socially constructed metadata as a diverse and contemporary addition to expert-created metadata." --LRTS

• Chapter One: Overview of Standards-based Metadata ApproachesChapter Two: Changing Users’ NeedsChapter Three: The Web 2.0 Paradigm and the Emergence of Socially-Constructed Metadata ApproachesChapter Four: The Emergence of Socially-Constructed Metadata ApproachesChapter Five: The Principle of  Metadata EnrichingChapter Six: The Principle of  Metadata LinkingChapter Seven: The Principle of Metadata OpennessChapter Eight: The Principle of  Metadata FilteringChapter Nine: The Emergence of a Theory of Metadata Enriching and FilteringChapter Ten: Implications of the Emergent Theory of Metadata Enriching and FilteringConclusion and Future Research

Dr Getaneh Alemu is an Information Professional and Researcher who is currently working as a Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom. He has worked and studied in higher education for more than 15 years in Ethiopia, Belgium, Norway, Estonia and the United Kingdom. He worked as a lecturer and Head University Librarian in Mekelle University, Ethiopia. He also worked as a research assistant on a digital preservation project at the University of Portsmouth. Getaneh’s research focus includes Metadata, Digital Libraries, Open Access, Linked Data and Web 2.0 technologies. Dr Brett Stevens is a Principal Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Programmes for the School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. After joining Portsmouth in 2001, teaching multimedia production, virtual reality and research methods at Masters level, Brett has since become Faculty Research Degrees Coordinator for the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries. His research focuses on user interaction, with a focus on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Computer Games and Computer Animation. He is a Member of the British Computing Society and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

"Alemu and Stevens’ main objective is to state a case for library systems that support the creation and use of socially constructed metadata as a diverse and contemporary addition to expert-created metadata." --LRTS

• Chapter One: Overview of Standards-based Metadata ApproachesChapter Two: Changing Users’ NeedsChapter Three: The Web 2.0 Paradigm and the Emergence of Socially-Constructed Metadata ApproachesChapter Four: The Emergence of Socially-Constructed Metadata ApproachesChapter Five: The Principle of  Metadata EnrichingChapter Six: The Principle of  Metadata LinkingChapter Seven: The Principle of Metadata OpennessChapter Eight: The Principle of  Metadata FilteringChapter Nine: The Emergence of a Theory of Metadata Enriching and FilteringChapter Ten: Implications of the Emergent Theory of Metadata Enriching and FilteringConclusion and Future Research

Dr Getaneh Alemu is an Information Professional and Researcher who is currently working as a Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom. He has worked and studied in higher education for more than 15 years in Ethiopia, Belgium, Norway, Estonia and the United Kingdom. He worked as a lecturer and Head University Librarian in Mekelle University, Ethiopia. He also worked as a research assistant on a digital preservation project at the University of Portsmouth. Getaneh’s research focus includes Metadata, Digital Libraries, Open Access, Linked Data and Web 2.0 technologies. Dr Brett Stevens is a Principal Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Programmes for the School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. After joining Portsmouth in 2001, teaching multimedia production, virtual reality and research methods at Masters level, Brett has since become Faculty Research Degrees Coordinator for the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries. His research focuses on user interaction, with a focus on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Computer Games and Computer Animation. He is a Member of the British Computing Society and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

"Alemu and Stevens’ main objective is to state a case for library systems that support the creation and use of socially constructed metadata as a diverse and contemporary addition to expert-created metadata." --LRTS

• Chapter One: Overview of Standards-based Metadata ApproachesChapter Two: Changing Users’ NeedsChapter Three: The Web 2.0 Paradigm and the Emergence of Socially-Constructed Metadata ApproachesChapter Four: The Emergence of Socially-Constructed Metadata ApproachesChapter Five: The Principle of  Metadata EnrichingChapter Six: The Principle of  Metadata LinkingChapter Seven: The Principle of Metadata OpennessChapter Eight: The Principle of  Metadata FilteringChapter Nine: The Emergence of a Theory of Metadata Enriching and FilteringChapter Ten: Implications of the Emergent Theory of Metadata Enriching and FilteringConclusion and Future Research