Libraries: the Internet, and Scholarship: Tools and Trends Converging

by Thomas; Charles F.

• ISBN13: 9780824707729
• ISBN10: 0824707729
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-22
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This title analyzes contemporary trends and tools that affect how information is created, stored, discovered and used in a progressive technological environment. It presents a framework for librarians to tailor their services and resources, in-house expertise and organizational identities to provide an efficient and effective community of learning for their evolving clientele.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Contributors	xiii
Libraries and Digital Preservation: Who Is Providing Electronic Access for Tomorrow?	1	(30)
Kelly Russell
Introduction	1	(1)
Background and Context	2	(2)
The Changing Face of Preservation	4	(2)
A Context for Digital Preservation	6	(1)
The Scale of the Problem	7	(1)
What Is ``Digital Preservation?''	8	(1)
Preservation Digitization	9	(1)
Technology Dependence and Media Longevity	10	(1)
Case Studies	11	(1)
Storage Media	12	(1)
Digital Archaeology	13	(1)
Strategies for Digital Preservation	14	(1)
Reliance on Hard Copy	15	(2)
Technology Preservation	17	(1)
Technology Emulation	17	(2)
Migration	19	(1)
Portable Data	20	(1)
Collection Management and Digital Preservation	21	(1)
Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Preservation	22	(2)
Responsibility Issues	24	(2)
Developing Preservation Policies	26	(1)
Conclusion	27	(1)
End Notes	28	(3)
The Internet, Scholarly Communication, and Collaborative Research	31	(14)
Rosemary L. Meszaros
Introduction	31	(1)
The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing	32	(1)
A Promising Forecast for Scholarship	33	(2)
The Internet's Impact Explained	35	(1)
Potential Pitfalls	36	(1)
Intellectual Property	37	(1)
Models of Scholarly Communication and Research Online	38	(4)
Conclusion	42	(1)
End Notes	42	(3)
From Virtual Libraries to Digital Libraries: The Role of Digital Libraries in Information Communities	45	(32)
David Robins
Introduction	46	(2)
Conceptual Background	48	(1)
Traditional Library	48	(3)
Virtual Library	51	(2)
Digital Libraries	53	(1)
Digital Library Initiatives	54	(1)
National Science Foundation's Digital Library Initiative	55	(2)
Community	57	(2)
Information Community	59	(1)
Libraries and Information Communities: A Model that Worked	60	(4)
Information Communities and Digital Libraries: New Directions	64	(5)
A New Model for Digital Libraries and Information Communities	69	(2)
Some Caveats Regarding the Role of Digital Libraries in Information Communities	71	(1)
Conclusion	72	(1)
End Notes	73	(4)
Integrating Metadata Frameworks into Library Description	77	(26)
William Fietzer
Introduction	77	(2)
Facts and Figures	79	(1)
What Is Metadata?	80	(1)
Standards and Interoperability	81	(1)
The Dublin Core and Warwick Framework	82	(2)
Crosswalks and Associated Issues	84	(3)
The Need for Thesauri	87	(1)
Multilingual Environmental Thesauri	88	(2)
Problems of Concept and Cost	90	(1)
Production Costs and Concerns	91	(1)
The Human Factor	91	(4)
Limitations and Concerns of Each Method	95	(1)
Limited Publics	96	(1)
Knowing the Market	97	(1)
Conclusion	98	(2)
End Notes	100	(3)
Technology's Impact on Research and Publication in the Natural Sciences	103	(30)
David P. Atkins
Flora G. Shrode
Introduction	103	(2)
Taxonomy and Related Disciplines	105	(2)
Taxonomic and Systematics Data	107	(2)
Taxonomic and Systematic Database Initiatives	109	(2)
Taxonomic Databases: What's in a Name?	111	(1)
Successful Initiatives	112	(1)
Phylogenetics Initiatives	113	(1)
NBII and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System	113	(1)
NBII and the PLANTS National Database	114	(1)
Biological or Nonspatial Metadata Standards	115	(1)
International Initiatives: Global Plants Checklist and Species2000	116	(1)
Integrating Databases: Some Cases	117	(1)
Bioinformatics and Genomics	118	(2)
Genetic and Protein Sequence Databases	120	(1)
Journals: Communicating the Research	121	(2)
Discussion: What Really Works?	123	(3)
Conclusion	126	(1)
End Notes	127	(6)
Electronic Text Encoding in the Humanities	133	(22)
Perry Willett
Introduction	133	(2)
Moving from Print to Digital	135	(2)
What Is Encoding?	137	(1)
Encoding Characters	138	(1)
Encoding Documents	139	(5)
Differences Between HTML and TEI Encoding	144	(5)
Bringing SGML to the Masses: XML	149	(1)
Issues in Encoding Literary Works	150	(2)
References	152	(1)
End Notes	153	(2)
Visual Resources Collections and Technology	155	(14)
Paula Hardin
Introduction	155	(1)
Working with Data	156	(1)
The Power of Databases	157	(1)
The Internet and World Wide Web	158	(2)
Digitization Projects	160	(2)
An Example of a Digital Visual Resources Project	162	(4)
Technology as a Learning and Growth Tool for VR Professionals	166	(1)
Conclusion	166	(3)
An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	169	(22)
Farrell W. Jones
What Is GIS?	169	(2)
What Is Not a GIS?	171	(1)
GIS: A Discipline or Just a Tool?	172	(1)
The Classifications of GIS	173	(4)
The Components of a GIS	177	(11)
Conclusion	188	(3)
Social Science Data and the Digital Library	191	(14)
Wendy L. Thomas
Introduction	191	(1)
History of Digital Data	192	(1)
Issues in Creating a Virtual Data Library	193	(3)
Preservation	196	(2)
The Data Documentation Initiative	198	(3)
Conclusion	201	(1)
End Notes	202	(3)
Index	205