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The Computer and Personal Privacy, Part II: The Emerging Worldwide Response to the Threat to Privacy from Computer Databases.
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Rubin, Michael Rogers – Library Hi Tech, 1988
The second of three articles on abusive data collection and usage practices and their effect on personal privacy, discusses the evolution of data protection laws worldwide, and compares the scope, major provisions, and enforcement components of the laws. A chronology of key events in the regulation of computer databanks in included. (1 reference)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
E-prints and the Open Archives Initiative.
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Warner, Simeon – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Presents a brief survey of Open Archives Initiative (OAI) e-print repositories, and of services using metadata harvested from e-print repositories using the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting (OAI-PMH). Discusses several situations where metadata harvesting may be used to further improve the utility of e-print archives as a component of the…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
Transaction Log Analysis.
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Peters, Thomas A.; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1993
Seven articles discuss aspects of transaction log analysis, including introduction and definitions; history and development; components of an ideal logging facility; research methodologies; applications to a variety of library functions; practical and logical limits of the methodology; and future developments needed to enhance successful use of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Library Research