Presented is the usage of metadata in libraries in Serbia. Metadata are used for describing printed documents available for patrons in library holdings, and for describing digital documents available in online repositories. Metadata describing printed documents are mostly accessed via online public access catalogue systems. Metadata describing digital documents are specific, in regards to awareness of librarians that they should be providing patrons, with data really useful in determining the level of their interest in particular digital object. Some specific aspects of metadata usage are also discussed primarily, in regards to automation of digital data delivery for patrons.

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This chapter discusses the usage of metadata in libraries in Serbia. So far metadata have been used for describing printed documents available for patrons in library holdings and for describing digital documents available in online repositories. Paper presents some specific aspects of metadata usage primarily in regards to automation of digital data delivery for patrons. The advent of information technologies provides librarians in Serbia, as well as their colleagues in other countries, with powerful tools to describe digital objects and interconnect them making those related digital objects effectively available for users via an emergent, more semantic web.