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From Passive to Active Preservation of Electronic Records

editor — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Heather Briston and Karen Estlund provide a narrative of the process adopted by the University of Oregon in order to integrate electronic records management into its staff's workflow.

Permanent records of the University of Oregon (UO) are archived by the Special Collections and University Archives located within the University Libraries. In the digital environment, a new model is being created to ingest, curate and preserve electronic records. This article discusses two case studies working with the Office of the President to preserve electronic records.

Moving Towards Interoperability: Experiences of the Archives Hub

editor — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Jane Stevenson and Bethan Ruddock describe the work that the Archives Hub team has been doing to promote the sharing of content.

SHERPA to YODL-ING: Digital Mountaineering at York

editor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Julie Allinson and Elizabeth Harbord describe the development of digital repositories for the University of York.

The University Library & Archives' first venture into digital repositories was as part of the White Rose partnership in the original SHERPA Project [1]. Leeds, Sheffield and York universities have had a research partnership for some years and the library services became a consortial partner in SHERPA in 2002 to set up a joint e-prints repository called White Rose Research Online (WRRO) [2] . During the project which ran from 2002-2006, advocacy about Open Access and the need for wider dissemination of research outputs got underway at York.

Archives 2.0: If We Build It, Will They Come?

editor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Joy Palmer discusses some of the opportunities and tensions emerging around Archives 2.0, crowd-sourcing, and archival authority.

The European Film Gateway

editor — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Georg Eckes and Monika Segbert describe a Best Practice Network funded under the eContentplus Programme of the European Commission, which is building a portal for access to film archival resources in Europe.

The European Film Gateway (EFG) [1] is one in a series of projects funded by the European Commission, under the eContentplus Programme, with the aim of contributing to the development and further enhancement of Europeana - the European digital library, museum and archive [2]. Officially launched on 20 November 2008, the prototype Europeana service provides access to about four million digital objects from archives, audio-visual archives, museums and libraries across Europe.

Research Libraries and the Power of the Co-operative

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl considers the 'co-operative imperative' upon research libraries, and describes the work which the former Research Libraries Group is undertaking as part of OCLC.

RLG Programs became part of OCLC in the summer of 2006. In November of last year, RLG Programs announced the appointment of a European Director, John MacColl. This article explains the rationale behind the combination of RLG with the OCLC Office of Research, and describes the work programme of the new Programs and Research Group.

MCN 2007: Building Content, Building Community - 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology

editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Guenter Waibel and Jean Godby report on the Museum Computer Network annual meeting, held 7-10 November, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Museum Computer Network (MCN) celebrated its 40th anniversary during its annual meeting, this year held at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. In 1967, museum professionals in New York City gathered to discuss the utility of computers in museum settings. This initial meeting provided the seed for what would become the Museum Computer Network [1]. 40 years later, 310 delegates from 14 countries and 32 states in the US gathered to take stock of successes and issues in the networked museum.

The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up'

editor — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Conrad Taylor reports on the KIDMM knowledge community and its September 2007 one-day conference about data, information and knowledge management issues.

About KIDMM

The British Computer Society [1], which in 2007 celebrates 50 years of existence, has a self-image around engineering, software, and systems design and implementation. However, within the BCS there are over fifty Specialist Groups (SGs); among these, some have a major focus on 'informatics', or the content of information systems.

Discussions from KIDMM Mash-up Day

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:40:19 +0000

In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor reports on discussions from KIDMM Mash-up Day.

V&A Core Systems Integration Project

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:04:39 +0000

In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor provides more information on V&A Core Systems Integration Project.

Hopes and Deliverables

Near the start of CSIP, a list of project deliverables was drawn up. To encourage 'buy-in', top of the list was something of evident value - a Gallery Services application to help staff give customers what they wanted to know at the point of enquiry. But to deliver this and other applications, the 'Virtual Repository' would be necessary.

RDA: A New International Standard

editor — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ann Chapman describes work on the new cataloguing code, Resource Description and Access (RDA), based on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR).

Book Review: Cataloging and Organizing Digital Resources

editor — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Sarah Higgins learns how to incorporate online resources into a library catalogue using AACR2 and MARC, but wonders why the wider issue of organising and describing a full range of digital resources is not addressed.

The title of this book will be bewitching for any library struggling with integrating the myriad of digital resources, to which they provide access, into its organisational and cataloguing workflows. However, the manual has a very narrow focus and gives an unscalable solution, which fails to address the problems faced by hybrid libraries, with a wide range of complex digital resources requiring lifecycle control.

Book Review: Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional.

Anyone scaling the heights of metadata for the management and retrieval of digital information for the first time can be forgiven a degree of initial bewilderment. The same goes for this article, so a glossary of terms found here are offered in the spirit of saving readers' time [1]. David Haynes' book appears to go a long way to guiding its explorers through the foothills and beyond in this complete introduction to the subject for the information professional.

News and Events

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

Seminar Invitation from DEF - Danish Electronic Research Library

The DEF XML Web Services project invites you to participate in the seminar: Building Digital Libraries with XML Web Services on Friday 27 August 2004 from 9:30 to 16:00 at the Technical University of Denmark, Building 303, DK-2800 Lyngby.

The headlines of the seminar are:

Building OAI-PMH Harvesters With Net::OAI::Harvester

editor — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Ed Summers describes Net::OAI::Harvester, the Perl package for easily interacting with OAI-PMH repositories as a metadata harvester. Ed provides examples of how to use Net::OAI::Harvester to write short programs which execute each of the 6 OAI-PMH verbs.

Net::OAI::Harvester is a Perl package for easily interacting with OAI-PMH repositories as a metadata harvester. The article provides examples of how to use Net::OAI::Harvester to write short programs that execute each of the 6 OAI-PMH verbs. Issues related to efficient XML parsing of OAI-PMH responses are discussed, as are specific techniques used by Net::OAI::Harvester.

OAI: The Fourth Open Archives Forum Workshop

editor — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Manjula Patel provides us with an overview of the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop.

Welcome and Introduction

Rachel Heery, UKOLN, University of Bath

Delegates were welcomed and reminded that this was the fourth and final in a series of workshops which have been organised by the Open Archives Forum Project. Rachel Heery explained that the project was a supporting action funded by the European Commission to bring together EU researchers and implementers working in the area of open access to archives.

Collection Description Focus Showcase: Mapping the Information Landscape

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Verity Brack reports on this one-day showcase of Collection Description projects and services held at the British Library, London, 25 March 2003.

The national Collection Description Focus is based at UKOLN [1] and funded by the British Library [2], the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) [3] , the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) [4] and Resource [5]. It aims to improve co-ordination of work on collection description methods, schemas and tools, with the goal of ensuring consistency and compatibility of approaches across projects, disciplines, institutions and sectors.

The AIM25 Project

editor — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Robert Baxter, Frances Blomeley and Rachel Kemsley present AIM25, a project providing electronic access to descriptions of archives held in various London institutions.

AIM25 (Archives in London and the M25 area), a project funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) [1], and led by King's College London, provides a single point of networked access to collection descriptions of archives held in 49 higher education (HE) institutions and learned societies in the greater London area. The project has intended, where possible, to be comprehensive in its coverage of holdings by including deposited collections, in a wide range of subject areas, and also the administrative records of the participating institutions.

Collection Description Focus: Spreading the Gospel

editor — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Bridget Robinson and Pete Johnston with an overview of CLD activities in the first year.

The UK Collection Description Focus [1] was launched on 1 June 2001. It is a national post, jointly funded for a twelve-month period by the Joint Information Systems Committee/Distributed National Electronic Resource (JISC/DNER) [2], the Research Support Libraries Program (RSLP) [3] and the British Library [4]. The Focus is working towards improving co-ordination on collection description methods, schemas and tools, with the goal of ensuring consistency and compatibility of approaches across projects, disciplines, institutions and sectors.

Access to Archives: England’s Contribution to the National Archive Network

editor — Fri, 25 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Caroline Thibeaud discusses the Archive 2 Archive project.

The Access to Archives project is one of the most exciting initiatives in the world of archives in England. It aims at developing a virtual national archival catalogue for the country. At a click of the mouse one will be able to find multilevel descriptions of some of the most important historical records of England. For family historians, school teachers and pupils, academic researchers or just curious life long learners the A2A gateway is a unique facility to pursue their interests and research from a PC terminal any time of the day, anywhere in the world.

Collective Convergence: The Work of the Collection Description Focus

editor — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 23:00:00 +0000

Pete Johnston and Bridget Robinson outline the work of the Collection Description Focus.

The UK Collection Description Focus (1) was launched on 1 June 2001. It is a national post, jointly funded for a twelve-month period by the Joint Information Systems Committee/Distributed National Electronic Resource (JISC/DNER) (2) , the Research Support Libraries Program (RSLP) (3) and the British Library (4). The Focus aims to improve co-ordination of work on collection description methods, schemas and tools, with the goal of ensuring consistency and compatibility of approaches across projects, disciplines, institutions and sectors.

Digitizing Wilfrid

editor — Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Philip Hunter talks to Stuart Lee about the prizewinning 'Wilfrid Owen Multimedia Digital Archive' and the JTAP 'Virtual Seminars on WW1'.

PH How did the WWW1 JTAP seminars get started?

SL A long time ago we did a set of Hypercard stacks on Isaac Rosenberg, which I converted for the web in January ‘95, and then when the JTAP call came out I thought that we could expand the tutorial and make four tutorials. And then we had all the archive nearby: we thought we would tackle the idea of creating both online tutorials and a digital archive which lecturers could use.

Electronic Access: Archives in the New Millennium

editor — Sat, 18 Jul 1998 23:00:00 +0000

Michael Day reports from Kew on the Public Record Office view of the Brave New World of online archives.

Introduction

A conference on Electronic Access: Archives in the New Milennium was held at the Public Record Office (PRO) [1], Kew, on 3-4 June 1998. The Conference was held as part of the UK Presidency of the European Union. Present (over the two days) were about one hundred and twenty delegates representing a large number of organisations based in the European Union, countries in east-central Europe and the Russian Federation.

RDF Seminar

editor — Mon, 18 May 1998 23:00:00 +0000

Matthew Dovey reports on the RDF seminar held in the Stakis Hotel, Bath.

On the 8th May, following almost immediately after their MODELS 7 Workshop, UKOLN hosted a half-day seminar entitled “RDF: What is it all about?”. RDF, or Resource Description Framework, is one of the latest TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) to emerge from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), and is of particular pertinence to the library and collection management communities as one of its intended applications is the interchange of catalogue or metadata.

Newsline: News You Can Use

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

National Networking Demonstrator Project for archives launch

The Archives Sub-Committee is organising a meeting to launch the NNDP which it has instigated and funded through the Non Formula Funding of Specialised Research Collections monitoring programme on 18 March. The Meeting is open to archivists and interested parties and is intended to be a platform for public review of the project's developments.

A Digital Library Showcase and Support Service - the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE

editor — Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Roy Tennant describes a resource used to create digital libraries and services, and to help others do the same.

Few topics in librarianship seem as "hot" these days as digital libraries, and yet for all the heat being generated there is little light. What are digital libraries? How are they built? How are they maintained and preserved? How will they be funded? These questions and more abound, while answers are few and far between. We don't have all the answers, but we're a great place to start looking for them. We are the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE [1], and this article is about who we are and how we may be able to help you.

SETIS: Electronic Texts at the University of Sydney Library

editor — Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Creagh Cole describes a project dedicated to providing in-house access to a large number of electronic texts on CD-ROM.

Down Your Way: Durham

editor — Sun, 19 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Paul Miller travels to Durham and reports on a mammoth archival digitisation project.

Spread across four sites within the small historic city of Durham, the University Library caters for a diverse range of staff and student requirements, as well as acting in an important archival role for the surrounding area.

Serving the Arts and Humanities

editor — Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:00:00 +0000

Dan Greenstein gives an extensive description of AHDS, the Arts and Humanities Data Service: its objectives, organisation, and how the data will be collected, preserved and described..

Increasing scholarly use of computers and electronic resources raises a number of related challenges.

Computer-based research produces digital data with significant secondary use value. Yet that value cannot fully be realised unless the data are created and described according to relevant standards, systematically collected, preserved, and reported to the widest possible community.