OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives: Volume 22 Issue 2

Personal electronic archives: collecting the digital me

Toby Burrows

The purpose of this paper is to show that nowadays much of an individual's life is recorded and documented in electronic form. This has major implications for manuscript and…

Metadata in a global world

Norm Medeiros

The purpose of this paper is to review best practices in metadata interoperability, and briefly describe the RDA Forum held at the 2006 ALA Midwinter Meeting held in San Antonio…

Examining the implications of the Heritage Health Index

Elizabeth Yakel

The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings and implications of the Heritage Health Index.

The potential of the digital library as a platform

Jeremy Frumkin

The purpose of this paper is to detail the experiences of creating a digital library service registry and to explore the need for a complete digital library technical platform.

The digital library in the bazaar

Robert Fox

The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles that libraries play in the development of open source software.

Some considerations when selecting digital library software

H. Frank Cervone

The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of the aspects of system software selection for digital library system projects.

Encoding controlled vocabularies for the Semantic Web using SKOS Core

Linda Cantara

The purpose of this paper is to introduce digital librarians to a new encoding standard for developing semantically‐rich controlled vocabularies which will enhance searching of…

Creating an OpenURL resolver

Laura Pope Robbins

The purpose of this paper is to examine the benefits of OpenURL in a library setting.

Storytelling in an automated environment: Using metadata analysis to develop curated guides to a digital image collection

Aaron L. Brenner, Anna Maria Mihalega

The purpose of this study is to report the results of a project incorporating metadata analysis for the creation of curated guides to a digital library of historic photographic…

Digital information access in urban/suburban communities: A survey report of public digital library use by the residents in Connecticut

Yan Quan Liu, Craig Martin, Eileen Roehl, Zhixian Yi, Sheila Ward

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of public digital services on urban/suburban residents, to uncover the current usage of public digital services and levels of…