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Peters, Carol; Sheridan, Paraic – 2001
With the rapid growth of the global information society, the concept of library has evolved to embrace all kinds of information collections, on all kinds of storage media, and using many different access methods. The users of today's information networks and digital libraries, no longer restricted by geographic or spatial boundaries, want to be…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Ward, Maribeth – American Libraries, 1994
Describes the Z39.50 information protocol standard and how it will simplify the ability to acquire electronic information. The role of the Z39.50 standard in facilitating communication between computers, its significance to librarians, and the potential of the protocol are discussed. How the standard works is discussed in terms of client/server…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
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Rannells, Eve – Information Development, 1994
Examines the development of the Pacific Legal Information Network (PALIN). PALIN was designed to be an online information retrieval system for legal information between the Pacific island nations; however, now, it is a collection of legal holdings that may be photocopied and distributed. Guides to legislation in Papua New Guinea are also…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
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Chen, Chaomei – Information Processing & Management, 1999
Describes the development and application of visualization techniques for users to access and explore information in digital libraries effectively and intuitively. Salient semantic structures and citation patterns are extracted from several collections of documents using Latent Semantic Indexing and Pathfinder Network Scaling. Author cocitation…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Electronic Libraries
Lynch, Clifford – 2000
This paper considers the ways in which information finding is changing in a world of digital information and associated search systems, with particular focus on methods of locating information that are distinct from, but complementary to, established practices of bibliographic description. The following three general approaches to identifying…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
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Reekie, A. F. – Journal of Government Information, 1995
The European Commission is responsible for the development of online information systems and for providing public databases of information on the European Union's activities. Topics include the union's telecommunications policy and role; network facilities; ways to access online services; programs to promote the use of information services; and a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Databases, Information Networks
Oard, Douglas; Peters, Carol; Ruiz, Miguel; Frederking, Robert; Klavans, Judith; Sheridan, Paraic – D-Lib Magazine, 1999
Discusses a multidisciplinary workshop that addressed issues concerning internationally distributed information networks. Highlights include multilingual information access in media other than character-coded text; cross-language information retrieval and multilingual metadata; and evaluation of multilingual systems. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Evaluation Methods, Global Approach, Information Networks
Cibbarelli, Pamela R., Comp.; Nixon, Carol, Comp. – 1994
Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) focuses exclusively on the issues of planning and managing automated systems in libraries and information centers. The theme of the 1994 IOLS annual meeting was "Coordinating Access to Multiple Systems," and 29 papers were selected for presentation that provide insight into the current…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Conference Papers, Information Networks
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY. – 1993
This 15-minute videotape introduces viewers to ERIC and emphasizes ERIC's connection to the electronic information highway. Topics covered include (1) the basic structure of the ERIC system, including the 16 subject-specialized clearinghouses; (2) benefits offered, including publications, the ERIC database, information quality, and the ERIC…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Database Producers, Electronic Mail
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Eustace, Joanna – Education Libraries, 1989
Reviews the history and structure of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), and describes the resources provided by the system that offer opportunities for networking by education librarians. Such resources include the ERIC database, publications, search services, document delivery services, and outreach programs. Opportunities for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Delivery Systems
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Cheverie, Joan F. – Government Information Quarterly, 1999
Discusses the development of strategies for providing access to and services for U.S. federal government information in higher education using the global information infrastructure, from the perspective of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Discusses the preservation of electronic information and networked information discovery and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Federal Government, Global Approach
Sutton, Stuart A.; Lankes, R. David; Small, Ruth V.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Describes the Gateway to Educational Materials Project (GEM) at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology at Syracuse University. Explicates the GEM metadata element set and how GEM metadata is created. Discusses the syntactic binding of GEM metadata and the mechanisms for its distribution. Concludes with a brief discussion of existing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
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Tunbridge, Nat – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1999
Describes Semio, a company founded in 1996 that uses semiology to provide straightforward access to information. Discusses the text-mining engine at the core of the company's software; products; focus on the intranet market; competitors; partnership with corporate portals. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Corporations, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
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Pentz, Ed – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2001
CrossRef was created to make broad-based linking efficient and scalable across a wide range of primary publishers, secondary publishers, abstracting and indexing services, and libraries. CrossRef runs a system that enables publishers to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to articles and collects standardized metadata so the identifiers can…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citations (References), Electronic Journals, Information Dissemination
Patrick, Timothy B.; Sievert, MaryEllen C.; Ries, James; Popescu, Mihail; Andrews, James; Reid, John C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Discusses the development of a model for providing user-centered access to collections of information that uses a standard terminology to represent the information collection and a set of possibly overlapping user domains to represent a social network. Describes results of a pilot study using the Metathesaurus of the Unified Medical Language…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Languages
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