OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives: Volume 23 Issue 1

Intrinsic value and the permanent record: the preservation conundrum

Lynn C. Westney

This paper aims to examine the lack of attention to the preservation of intrinsic value in original artifacts by archivists and librarians with implications for the preservation…

The evolutionary research process

Norm Medeiros

This article seeks to describe the evolution of key technologies that have improved the research process.

The “MayDay” project: promoting disaster preparedness

Richard Pearce‐Moses, Elizabeth Yakel

The purpose of this article is to make readers aware of the MayDay effort, an annual event, begun in 2006, designed to be the one day each year that emergency preparedness is…

The double bind of e‐journal collections

Robert Fox

This paper aims to examine technology developed to aid in e‐journal archiving and preservation.

Standard methodology in digital library project management

H. Frank Cervone

The objective of this paper is to provide a description of the model for standardized project management developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI), as applied to digital…

Building partnerships among social science researchers, institution‐based repositories and domain specific data archives

Ann G. Green, Myron P. Gutmann

In developing and debating digital repositories, the digital library world has devoted more attention to their missions and roles in supporting access to and stewardship of…

Analysis of the use of open archives in the fields of mathematics and computer science

Anna Wojciechowska

The objective of this paper is to study the use of institutional open archives in France, and more specifically “Hyper Article en Ligne” (Hal).

Project StORe: making the connections for research

Graham Pryor

The purpose of this paper is to identify the workflows and norms of scientific researchers in their use of source and output repositories and to design functional links between…

Using web logs transactions to assess a metadata registry system's use: The case of the Environmental Data Registry and the System of Registries

Panayiota Polydoratou, Michael Pendleton, David Nicholas

The Environmental Data Registry (EDR) is a cornerstone of the US Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to manage and integrate environmental information for the purposes of…

Information retrieval features in Indian digital libraries: a critical appraisal

Anup Kumar Das, Chaitali Dutta, B.K. Sen

The purpose of this paper is to assess the present situation in the development of indigenous digital libraries in India. The study aims to evaluate different retrieval features…

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh