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Distributed Interoperable Metadata Registry; How Do Physicists Use an E-Print Archive? Implications for Institutional E-Print Services; A Framework for Building Open Digital Libraries; Implementing Digital Sanborn Maps for Ohio: OhioLINK and OPLIN Collaborative Project.
Blanchi, Christophe; Petrone, Jason; Pinfield, Stephen; Suleman, Hussein; Fox, Edward A.; Bauer, Charly; Roddy, Carol Lynn – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
Includes four articles that discuss a distributed architecture for managing metadata that promotes interoperability between digital libraries; the use of electronic print (e-print) by physicists; the development of digital libraries; and a collaborative project between two library consortia in Ohio to provide digital versions of Sanborn Fire…
Descriptors: Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Fire Insurance, Library Cooperation
Leveraging OAI Harvesting To Disseminate Theses.
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Suleman, Hussein; Fox, Edward A. – Library Hi Tech, 2003
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), supports the production and archiving of electronic theses and dissertations. While working with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) to develop and test the metadata harvesting standard, the authors set up and actively maintain a central NDLTD metadata collection and multiple user…
Descriptors: Archives, Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
Users, User Interfaces, and Objects: Envision, a Digital Library.
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Fox, Edward A.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Describes the development of a model for future national and international digital libraries. Four aspects of the model are presented: (1) nine principles underlying constructing electronic archives; (2) a study of potential user needs; (3) the design and evaluation of the user interface; and (4) objects and document type definition development.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Automation
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: Changes in the University Community.
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Fox, Edward A.; Goncalves, Marcos Andre; McMillan, Gail; Eaton, John; Atkins, Anthony; Kipp, Neill – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2002
Describes the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), an effort involving over 120 universities around the world. It aims to enhance the skills of all graduate students preparing theses or dissertations so that they are empowered to create an electronic thesis or dissertation and to effectively use digital libraries. (EV)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Libraries, Graduate Students
Moving Digital Libraries into the Student Learning Space: The GetSmart Experience
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Marshall, Byron B.; Chen, Hsinchun; Shen, Rao; Fox, Edward A. – Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 2006
The GetSmart system was built to support theoretically sound learning processes in a digital library environment by integrating course management, digital library, and concept mapping components to support a constructivist, six-step, information search process. In the fall of 2002 more than 100 students created 1400 concept maps as part of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Concept Mapping, Knowledge Representation, Electronic Libraries
Progress Toward Digital Libraries: Augmentation through Integration.
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Marchionini, Gary; Fox, Edward A. – Information Processing & Management, 1999
Introduces the nine papers in a special issue focusing on progress toward digital libraries. Articles fall into three categories: history and activities about digital libraries (DL); understanding digital library users; and extending and integrating through digital libraries. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Library Automation
Comparing Library and User Related Costs of Print and Electronic Journal Collections; Open Citation Linking; Toward a Global Digital Library; Information Retrieval by Semantic Analysis and Visualization of the Concept Space of D-Lib[R] Magazine.
Montgomery, Carol Hansen; King, Donald W.; Hitchcock, Steve; Brody, Tim; Carr, Les; Gutteridge, Christopher; Hall, Wendy; Harnad, Stevan; Bergmark, Donna; Lagoze, Carl; Fox, Edward A.; Moore, Reagan W.; Larsen, Ronald L.; Myaeng, Sung Hyon; Kim, Sung-Hyuk; Zhang, Junliang; Mostafa, Javed; Tripathy, Himansu – D-Lib Magazine, 2002
Includes four articles that discuss the impact of academic libraries' shift to electronic journals on staff and costs; open citation linking for improved access and the Open Archives Initiative; development of global digital libraries, particularly between the United States and Korea; and retrieving documents from a digital library through a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Citations (References), Computer Interfaces
Digital Libraries.
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Fox, Edward A.; Urs, Shalini R. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 2002
Provides an overview of digital libraries research, practice, and literature. Highlights include new technologies; redefining roles; historical background; trends; creating digital content, including conversion; metadata; organizing digital resources; services; access; information retrieval; searching; natural language processing; visualization;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Data Conversion