ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides an opportunity to see a different kind of metadata and the processes used to organize it for access by biologists and bioinformatics professionals. It discusses that continued and deepening participation in the review and creation of standards by librarians will significantly add to building a functional future of bibliographic control that is vibrant and flexible." The book explores the separation between the journal and the articles it contains has been deeply embedded in cataloging practices for over a century, and current ideas about bibliographic relationships haven't adequately addressed the issue of trying to bring these two work-level resources together. It also discusses some of the more personal aspects of transition in the workplace by relating the steps involved and lessons learned about changes in cataloguing workflow while working on digital projects.
