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Geckle, Beverly J.; Pozzebon, Mary Ellen; Williams, Jo – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
This article recounts a project at the Middle Tennessee State University library to include records for electronic databases in the online catalog. Although electronic databases are accessible via the library's Databases A-Z list and related subject guides, cataloging these resources also provides access via the online catalog, allowing more of…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Online Catalogs, Databases, Cataloging
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Greenberg, Jane – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Reports on a quantitative categorical analysis of metadata elements in the Dublin Core, VRA (Visual Resource Association) Core, REACH (Record Export for Art and Cultural Heritage), and EAD (Encoded Archival Description) metadata schemas, all of which can be used for organizing and describing images. Introduces a new schema comparison methodology…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Information Management, Information Retrieval
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2002
Describes the digitization projects being undertaken by publishers to provide long runs of back issues of newspapers and journal articles, and the necessary indexing tools, to meet the need for older materials. Discusses search capabilities, links, the addition of metadata, and usage statistics. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Metadata, Newspapers
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Sander, Oliver – Journal of Archival Organization, 2005
This article discusses the process for the production of online finding aids with BASYS-Fox system and it describes the scope of application of EAD in the Bundesarchiv. In 2000, the project "Presentation of Online Finding Aids with the EAD system" was started at Bundesarchiv. The project was promoted by the German Science Foundation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Archives, Metadata
Sutton, Stuart A. – 2000
This paper explores general issues surrounding the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database--its content, operations, and possible "futures." It addresses specific questions regarding restrictions on content and, in particular, the exclusion from the database of a range of non-print media; and the exclusion of the…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Resources, Information Networks, Information Services
Atkins, Helen; Lyons, Catherine; Ratner, Howard; Risher, Carol; Shillum, Chris; Sidman, David; Stevens, Andrew; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Lagoze, Carl; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Krichel, Thomas; Nelson, Michael L.; Hochstenbach, Patrick; Lyapunov, Victor M.; Maly, Kurt; Zubair, Mohammad; Kholief, Mohamed; Liu, Xiaoming; O'Connell, Heath; Kingma, Bruce R.; Pritcher, Lynn – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes five articles that discuss publishers' metadata hyperlinks with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) on the Internet; the Santa Fe Convention of the Open Archives initiative (Oai) that promotes author self-archiving; the Universal Preprint Service; costs of digital, microfiche, and print access; and an online database of old print…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Authors, Comparative Analysis
Tolonen, Eva – 1999
The Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) agreement included 19 member countries spanning four continents: Japan and the Republic of Korea; Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom; Canada, Mexico, and the United States; and Brazil. The participating…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries
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Sprehe, J. Timothy – Government Information Quarterly, 1997
The United States Bureau of the Census is making the Internet and other electronic systems the primary sources for its statistics and is actively seeking user feedback on its systems design activities. Discusses the design principles of the Data Access and Dissemination System (DADS) and policy issues of pricing/cost recovery, partnerships, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Costs, Databases
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Cobb, David A.; Olivero, Arlene – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Online geographic information system (GIS) services are expanding rapidly as private organizations, government agencies, and libraries are developing Web sites that deliver GIS data, graphics, and metadata. Such services are divided into five categories: graphic snapshots, spatial database catalogs and libraries, map generators, map browsers, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Data Analysis