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May 2002
David Mattison |
Images of History on the Web While one can use image search engines to retrieve historical photographs, the lack of precision caused by keyword searching and the limitations of the general search engines to target historic photographs lead to wasted time and effort. Other search strategies are described here...   |
D-Lib
April 2003
Helen R. Tibbo |
Review: Encoded Archival Description on the Internet The articles in this book discuss the fundamentals of archival arrangement and description and illustrate how EAD facilitates descriptive practice and extends reference and access in an electronic networked environment. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2008
Andres Imhof |
Using International Standards to Develop a Union Catalogue for Archives in Germany The project brings together in a collaborative portal the finding aids from archival records on SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) and FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) from five eastern German state archives. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2013
Nakasone & Sheffield |
Descriptive Metadata for Field Books: Methods and Practices of the Field Book Project We explain the descriptive metadata used for field books, which share characteristics of museum, archives, and library objects, and explain why schemas were chosen, and how they are used. |
D-Lib
November 2000
Dale Flecker |
Harvard's Library Digital Initiative Building a First Generation Digital Library Infrastructure... |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2010 |
D-Lib Magazine In Brief and In the News Linked Data for Climate Research... Project Cumulus - Getting Services from the Cloud... SURFACE Launch... etc. |
D-Lib
January 2000
MacKenzie Smith |
DFAS: The Distributed Finding Aid Search System Finding aids are textual documents that describe archival collections. These documents have existed for hundreds of years, and have taken many forms during that time.. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009
Gretchen Gueguen |
Joyner Library Digital Collections The Joyner Library Digital Collections home page maximizes browsing potential, offers selected featured items, a small subject cloud, and links to each collection, as well as provides a basic repository keyword search. |
D-Lib
March 2000 |
American Memory Historical Collection Most of the items within American Memory are primary source documents such as photographs, manuscripts and maps; items which often provide a first hand view of life in the United States. |
D-Lib
September 2001 |
In Brief HERON: Project into Service... CNRI Explores Maintenance of and Long-term Access to Computer Science Collections... LEAF - Linking and Exploring Authority Files... TermMaster: Software for Creating and Maintaining Thesauri and Ontologies... etc. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2014
Theron Westervelt |
Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Encouraging Preservation Without Discouraging Creation The Library of Congress has devised the Recommended Format Specifications to enable it to identify what formats will most easily lend themselves to preservation and long-term access, especially with regard to digital formats. |
D-Lib
June 2007
Yakel et al. |
Creating the Next Generation of Archival Finding Aids Despite the transition from paper to electronic form, online finding aids retain much of the look and functionality of their paper counterparts. New online collaborative technologies, such as filtering and recommender systems, allow for new methods of interacting with and experiencing primary sources. |
D-Lib
February 2008
Betsy Kruger |
Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The largest publicly funded university library in the country has long been engaged in state, national, and international efforts to make its resources accessible to scholars, students, and the general public. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2015
Parilla & Blase |
The Value of Flexibility on Long-term Value of Grant Funded Projects The Field Book Project is an initiative to increase accessibility to field book content that documents natural history. |
D-Lib
Jan/Feb 2012 |
In Brief and In the News UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries... Can culture on the web change peoples lives?... Europeana reaches 20 million items... |
D-Lib
February 2008
Ian G. Anderson |
Necessary but Not Sufficient: Modelling Online Archive Development in the UK The process of archive development is hampered by the lack of a template for identifying and evaluating online archive information and services or a model for understanding their development. |
D-Lib
October 2006
Judith M. Panitch |
Digital Collections at the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is aggressively expanding its digital library program. |
D-Lib
March 2001 |
In Brief Award to Penn State University Libraries to support an extensive study of digital image delivery... Digitization of Printed Material: The METAe Project... The Special Collections Virtual Reading Room... etc. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2009 |
In Brief European initiative to facilitate access to research data... Nevada's statewide digital initiative... The Mark Twain's Mississippi project... Council of Science editors honors CrossRef... etc. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2013 |
In Brief and In the News Connecting Presidential Collections... The African American Theater History Project at the University of Minnesota Libraries... CrossRef Members add over a quarter million CrossMark records... |
D-Lib
Ben Lund |
Connotea: A Free Online Reference Management Service for Scientists Connotea is a free online reference management service for scientists created by Nature Publishing Group. Connotea enables you to store your reference list online which means that it's readily accessible, it's linked directly into the literature and it's easily shared with colleagues. |
D-Lib
June 2001 |
In Brief The OPAL Project: Developing An Automated Online Reference System For Distance Learners... The Moving Image Gateway... Resource Announces Expert Forum Series... etc. |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Kuali OLE System Partners receive $882,000 grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation... IMLS Congressional Justification Now Available... Wellcome Library's Digital Asset Player... |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2014 |
In Brief and In the News IMLS Grant to Support Development of Library Digital Badging System... CLIR Names 2014 Mellon Dissertation Fellows... Getty Research Institute adds 77,000 images to Open Content... |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2010
Xihui Zhen |
Overview of Digital Library Development in China The greatest challenges for Chinese national digital library projects are digital resource construction and a design of services provision. |
D-Lib
April 2004 |
In Brief Open GIS Consortium Online Standards Testing... The Xgrain II Project... DigiStates... In the News... etc. |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2010 |
In Brief and In the News HumBox... CACAO project overview... Digital Classicist Summer Seminar Series 2010... The Wellcome Arabic Manuscript Cataloguing Partnership... Frontiers of science: Science fact in a comic strip... etc. |
D-Lib
October 2001
Brewster Kahle |
Public Access to Digital Material The goal of universal access to our cultural heritage is within our grasp. With current digital technology we can build comprehensive collections, and with digital networks we can make these available to students and scholars all over the world... |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2011 |
In Brief and In the News Report on the International Workshop on Semantic Digital Archives 2011... Report on the Fourth Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries... UNC's Digital Innovation Lab: Fostering Public Digital Humanities... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2013 |
In Brief and In the News Europeana releases first free iPad app... IMLS and Webjunction convening examines continuing education for library professionals... ALA Task Force releases digital literacy recommendations... |
D-Lib
September 2000
Paul Miller |
Collected Wisdom: Some Cross-domain Issues of Collection Level Description The desire to describe collections of material is evident across all our memory institutions: libraries, museums, archives, and beyond. The importance of "the collection", however, and the manner by which it is most often described, differs. |
D-Lib
February 2008
Datema et al. |
In Brief Getting the most out of your institutional repository... Science assets of the digital age at risk... Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: a documentary history... etc. |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2008
Branin et al. |
In Brief LIS Editors Launch Effort to Develop Best Practices for LIS Journals... Carolina Digital Library and Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill... Help us make HILT's terminology services useful in your information service... etc. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2015 |
In Brief and In the News President Obama Announces Open eBooks and ConnectED Library Challenge... IMLS announces public request for comment and webinar on broadband barriers... Julie Todaro Wins 2016-2017 ALA Presidency... |
Searcher
December 2000 |
The Future of the Past: History Sources on the Internet Historians and historical-fiction writers bring history to life through the skillful selection of details from daily life. For researchers of history, the number of Internet resources is increasing rapidly... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009 |
In Brief Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award... High precision and recall: Focuss.Info as community-driven search engine... Shared Shelf: partnership plans to launch networked image management platform... etc. |
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In Brief and In the News Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus of the Nation by Crowdsourcing... Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance receives implementation funding from the Mellon Foundation... Content from European National and Research Libraries Now Available through New Portal for Researchers... |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2010 |
D-Lib Magazine In Brief and In the News PREMIS in METS Toolbox... EUscreen: Accessing and exploring European television heritage... Content Lifecycle Integration Framework (CLIF)... CeDAAME... Terrier 3.0 Release Announced... etc. |
D-Lib
October 2005
Leslie Johnston |
Development and Assessment of a Public Discovery and Delivery Interface for a Fedora Repository Internal design review of the interface of the Digital Library Repository and it's usability in classrooms and by faculty and staff. |
D-Lib
October 2001 |
In Brief The German Initiative of Networked Information... The Norwegian Museum Project... Report on the Inaugural International Conference of MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Teaching)... etc. |
Information Today
December 1, 2015
John Charlton |
Digital Developments at the Wellcome Library The Wellcome Library, a medical-related archive (part of the Wellcome Trust charitable foundation), pays particular attention to the issues of data growth and obsolescence. |
Information Today
June 27, 2011
Barbara Quint |
The British Library Joins Google Books Google Books continues its march through the national libraries of Europe with the announcement of a deal with the British Library. |
D-Lib
June 2002 |
Clips and Pointers The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting: Protocol Version 2.0... Digital Imagery for Works of Art Final Report... Preservation Metadata and the OAIS Information Model: A Metadata Framework to Support the Preservation of Digital Objects... etc. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2012 |
In Brief and In the News Grant Awards Announcement: Museums for America... VIVO to Join DuraSpace Organization Incubator Initiative... EUscreen releases Online Exhibitions... |
D-Lib
January 2006 |
In Brief Digital Preservation Coalition Launches Series That Features DPC Projects... Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellowship in Scholarly Information Resources... 2006 International Paper Contest on International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries...etc. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2015 |
In Brief and In the News OCLC prints last library catalog cards... VRA Core RDF Ontology available for review... ALA awarded IMLS grant for IFLA 2016 Congress Fellowships... |
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Mar/Apr 2013 |
In Brief and In the News The Value and Impact of the British Atmospheric Data Center... Reports on the 8th International Digital Curation Conference... NISO Publishes Maintenance Revisions of Dublin Core and SUSHI Standards... |
D-Lib
July 2001 |
In Brief Visual Interfaces to Digital Libraries... Project ANGEL: Guidance and Guardianship for Networked UK Learners... The City of Los Angeles Spatial Index is Now Available on the Internet... Caltech Registers Two Repositories with the Open Archives Initiative... etc. |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2004
David Mattison |
Looking for Good Art Part 3: Glorious National Collections With an unimaginable wealth of art digitally accessible and preserved for us and future generations by art history institutions outside the U.S., the international Web of the Western art world is truly one of the most remarkable achievements of our digital age. Here links to directories and guides. |
Information Today
October 14, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
The Libhub Initiative: Making Libraries More Visible This project aims to raise the web visibility of libraries' resources by allowing search engines to see inside a library to the item level. |
