Why collection description?
- Enable content provider to
- manage collections
- disclose information about collections
- overview of otherwise uncatalogued items
- summary where item-level detail inappropriate
- Enable user to
- discover/locate (physical/digital) collections
- select (physical/digital) collections to explore/search on basis of summary description
- Enable software agents to
- select digital collections to search on behalf of user
- perform searches across multiple digital collections