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A Rising Tide of Digitization--The Ohio Memory Project
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Kupfer, Shannon – Computers in Libraries, 2010
In 2009, after a year of planning and preparation, the second generation of Ohio Memory was launched. A collaborative effort of the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) and the State Library of Ohio, Ohio Memory is a repository for more than 75,000 digital items, including photographs, journals, and other manuscript materials, as well as print documents…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Cultural Background, Library Automation, Library Development
Indigenous Digital Collections: An Early Look at the Organisation and Culture Interface
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Nakata, Martin; Nakata, Vicky; Gardiner, Gabrielle; McKeough, Jill; Byrne, Alex; Gibson, Jason – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2008
This article identifies and provides some commentary on the key issues emerging from research into the digitisation of Indigenous materials in collections conducted in collaboration with three state libraries. It situates the research project within the broader context of related activity aimed at addressing the ongoing challenges of access,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Library Automation, Library Materials, Government Libraries
CIDS Bibliography. Research Papers Prepared by Members of the Archivist Career Training Program, National Archives and Records Administration.
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Songster-Burnett, Jennifer, Comp. – 1991
The 207 research papers listed in this bibliography were prepared by members of the Archivist Career Training Program from 1975-1991. Individual papers are listed alphabetically by author within the year in which they were produced. These papers provide information on various aspects of the National Archives, including presidential, federal,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Government Libraries, Information Storage
CIDS Bibliographies. Research Papers Prepared by Members of the Archivist Career Training Program. ALIC Bibliography 1990-3.
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Van Den Akker-Landrum, Linda, Comp.; And Others – 1990
The 158 research papers listed in this bibliography were prepared by members of the Archivist Career Training Program from 1978-1990. Individual papers are listed alphabetically by author within the year in which they were produced. These papers provide information on various aspects of the National Archives, including presidential, federal,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Government Libraries, Information Storage
Redesigning the OPAC: Moving outside the ILMS
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Sokvitne, Lloyd O. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
The need to develop new OPACs that meet the needs of users better is becoming well acknowledged. How libraries can transform their OPACs to modern web friendly formats is not yet clear. This paper describes the State Library of Tasmania's experience in developing a new OPAC by exporting bibliographic data to a software package outside the ILMS.…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Automation
U.S.-U.S.S.R. Seminar on Access to Library Resources through Technology and Preservation (Washington, D.C., July 5-8, 1988). Papers by U.S.S.R. Participants.
International Research and Exchange Board, New York, NY. – 1988
This document contains 13 papers by Soviet participants in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Seminar on Access to Library Resources through Technology and Preservation: (1) "Automation of Information-Library Work at Scientific and Technical Libraries of the U.S.S.R." (A. S. Sorokin and V. M. Rostovtsev); (2) "Automated Information Systems for…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
From the Leaders of Our Nation: Prime Ministers' Records at the National Archives
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Shapley, Maggie – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
The National Archives of Australia holds the papers of many of "Australia's Prime Ministers," including Bruce, Lyons, Curtin, Chifley, Holt, Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard. From 2000 it undertook a four-year Prime Ministers' Papers Project to locate the records of all 25 men who have held the position of Prime Minister of…
Descriptors: Archives, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
The Library of Congress.
Goodrum, Charles A. – 1975
From its earliest beginnings to the post war information explosion, this text traces the history of the world's largest library, the Library of Congress (LC). The library's creation in 1800 for use by members of Congress is comprehensively discussed along with its development into a world wide service. Library methodology is covered in chapters on…
Descriptors: Books, Government Libraries, History, Librarians