Overview of content related to 'library management systems'

The Library Catalogue in the New Discovery Environment: Some Thoughts

editor — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:00:00 +0000

Lorcan Dempsey explores how the library catalogue will develop alongside evolving network discovery systems.

The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After

editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Lorcan Dempsey considers how the digital library environment has changed in the ten years since Ariadne was first published.

We have recently come through several decennial celebrations: the W3C, the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, D-Lib Magazine, and now Ariadne. What happened clearly in the mid-nineties was the convergence of the Web with more pervasive network connectivity, and this made our sense of the network as a shared space for research and learning, work and play, a more real and apparently achievable goal.

The Distributed National Electronic Resource and the Hybrid Library

editor — Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Stephen Pinfield and Lorcan Dempsey with an overview of the DNER.

What is the relationship between the hybrid library and the DNER (the Distributed National Electronic Resource)? This paper discusses that question and suggests a number of ways in which DNER strategy and thinking can be informed by hybrid library developments. ‘Suggests’ is the word, since there is currently an investigation underway that is dealing with this question which is still to report. This is being coordinated by Stephen Pinfield, one of the authors of this article.