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Shared Geospatial Metadata Repository for Ontario University Libraries: Collaborative Approaches
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Forward, Erin; Leahey, Amber; Trimble, Leanne – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
Successfully providing access to special collections of digital geospatial data in academic libraries relies upon complete and accurate metadata. Creating and maintaining metadata using specialized standards is a formidable challenge for libraries. The Ontario Council of University Libraries' Scholars GeoPortal project, which created a shared…
Descriptors: Metadata, Partnerships in Education, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
Corralling Web 2.0: Building an Intranet that Enables Individuals
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Etches-Johnson, Amanda; Baird, Catherine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
The days of top-down communication and controlled internal messages at a library organization are--or should be--behind us. Modern libraries must be fluid and flexible organizations with equally nimble internal communication infrastructures in place to keep up with the fast-paced environments that have been created in these organizations. As is…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Internet, Knowledge Management, Database Management Systems
Collected Wisdom: Some Cross-Domain Issues of Collection Level Description; Archives Described at Collection Level; Collection Level Description-The Museum Perspective; Directories of Libraries and Related Organizations; Collection Level Description-The RIDING and Agora Experience; RSLP Collection Description.
Miller, Paul; Sweet, Meg; Thomas, David; Dunn, Heather; Pearce, Judith; Brack, E. V.; Palmer, David; Robinson, Bridget; Powell, Andy; Heaney, Michael; Dempsey, Lorcan – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
These six articles discuss collection level descriptions. Highlights include cross-domain issues; archive standards and automation issues; museum considerations, including metadata and Web pages, based on the Canadian Heritage Information Network; data standards for directories; electronic libraries in the United Kingdom; and the Research…
Descriptors: Archives, Cataloging, Directories, Electronic Libraries
A National Bibliographic/Resource Sharing Network for Canadian Academic Libraries. Proceedings of the Conference (Ste-Foy, Quebec, October 24-25, 1979).
Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Montreal (Quebec). – 1979
These papers discuss various options for a computerized national bibliographic network and highlight the problems and potential of developing such a database. Following a brief explanation of the conference purpose and organization, 10 primary papers are presented: (1) "A Brief Overview of Computerized Library Networking in Canada," by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Higher Education
A Review of Potential Components for the Western Bibliographic Network.
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Pearson, Karl M., Jr. – 1976
Described are existing components that could be linked together to form a Western Bibliographic Network or could provide products and services for Network members. The components reviewed are: (1) state library agencies, research libraries, state and multistate library networks, and other regional organizations in the 17-state western region and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Library Automation, Library Networks
Making over the Desktop and Printing System at Dalhousie
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Nikkel, Terry; Kutty, Ashwin – Computers in Libraries, 2004
Dalhousie is a medium-sized university, with about 15,000 FTE students, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious universities, yet, like many other public institutions, it frequently suffers from a lack of adequate funding to fulfill all the conflicting needs of the various faculties and departments. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Internet, Library Services
University Library Experience with Remote Access to Online Catalogs.
Jamieson, Alexis J.; Dolan, M. Elizabeth – 1985
To investigate the experience of American and Canadian university libraries with remote access catalogs, self-administered questionnaires were sent to the 137 directors of all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries and all libraries of Canadian degree-granting institutions. The study was designed to: (1) survey Canadian and U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Automation
Library Systems Office Organization. SPEC Kit.
Muir, Scott P., Comp.; Lim, Adriene, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to investigate the changes in research library systems operations since 1994 and to identify future trends. A total of 70 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A copy of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Electronic Reference Options: How They Stack Up in Research Libraries.
Tenopir, Carol; Neufang, Ralf – Online, 1992
Presents results of a survey of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members in the United States and Canada that was conducted to discover which electronic reference options are offered and their impact on library services. Online mediated searching, CD-ROM, end-user searching, and local databases are investigated. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education