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Martin, Kathi; Lin, Xia; Lunin, Lois – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Reports on the human factors considered in the design and implementation of a digital museum for historic costume. Starting with an elicitation and analysis of the qualitative and functional needs of its users, an evolutionary prototype was developed for a model of digital archiving that delivers a gratifying Web experience, visually and…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer System Design, Database Design, Design Preferences
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Pitt, Sharon P.; Updike, Christina B.; Guthrie, Miriam E. – Educause Quarterly, 2002
Describes an Internet-based image database system connected to a flexible, in-class teaching and learning tool (the Madison Digital Image Database) developed at James Madison University to bring digital images to the arts and humanities classroom. Discusses content, copyright issues, ensuring system effectiveness, instructional impact, sharing the…
Descriptors: Art Education, College Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Database Design
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Habermann, Ted; Burton, Nancy; Frender, Kevin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Argues that there is a need to develop dynamic systems for structuring data to create information access and for allowing users to incorporate that information into their own knowledge base. Describes a system built on a simple, powerful content model. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Database Design, Educational Environment
Helling, Bill – Computers in Libraries, 2003
Describes a digitization project at the public library in Crawfordsville, Indiana that was designed to preserve their local history collection. Highlights include damage to the collection from fire, termites, use, and age; selecting a scanner and software; creating databases; and making information accessible on the Web. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Database Design, Electronic Libraries
Garrison, Steve; Fenton, Ray – Educational Technology, 1999
Provides technical information on publishing to the Web. Demonstrates some new applications in database publishing. Discusses the difference between static and database-drive Web pages. Reviews failures and successes of a Web database system. Addresses the question of how to build a database-drive Web site, discussing connectivity software, Web…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Design, Design Preferences
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Mischo, William H.; Schlembach, Mary C. – Library Computing, 1999
Describes the Web-based technologies employed by the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in implementing access to local information resources. Discusses Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) technologies and the associated local database structure and format, as well as the general…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Database Design, Engineering
Trolley, Jacqueline H.; O'Neill, Jill – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
When the ISI(R) (Institute for Scientific Information (R)) decided to incorporate scholarly, research-oriented Web sites as an expansion of the "Current Contents Connect" (TM) database, the organization faces significant issues relating to establishment of evaluative criteria and the capture of appropriate metadata. This discussion…
Descriptors: Database Design, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval
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Li, Jie; Wu, Gang; Marks, Ellen; Fan, Weiyu – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the design and implementation of a World Wide Web-based alternative medicine virtual resource. This homepage integrates regional, national, and international resources and delivers library services to the user's desktop. Goals, structure, and organizational schemes of the system are detailed, and design issues for building such a…
Descriptors: Database Design, Design Preferences, Document Delivery, Information Dissemination
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Ma, Wei; Cole, Timothy W. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 2000
Reports on the creation of a prototype, Web-based expert system that helps users better navigate library databases at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Discusses concerns that gave rise to the project. Summarizes previous work/research and common approaches in academic libraries today. Describes plans for testing the prototype,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Design, Databases, Expert Systems
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Lehman, Kathy; Dudley, Joan – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Describes the Web-based database project developed by school library media specialists (SLMSs) in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The database houses lessons created by more than 30 elementary SLMSs in the district, and is accessible online. The database project is composed of two sections: Literature Appreciation and Information Skills. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Database Design, Databases, Elementary Education
Horah, Jan L. – Searcher, 1998
Details the three phases the Jack Brause Library Real Estate Periodical Index (New York University) has gone through since it first went to an electronic format. Discusses beginning the electronic database, issues on electronic storage and use, implementing more user-friendly software, and the transition to the Web. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Database Design
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Ruxton, Graeme D. – Chance, 1996
Addresses the drudgery of entering long datasets at the keyboard before being able to begin each chapter of a book. Suggests that the publishers of statistics books make the datasets available for people to download onto their computers over the World Wide Web. (AIM)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Database Design, Higher Education