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Ruth Kitchin Tillman; Gala Campos Oaxaca – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
Even as librarians have spent the past twenty years documenting the rich world of scholarly communication beyond the catalog, repositories and catalogs too often remain completely siloed from each other. Current practices and tools to unite the two focus entirely on matching names, an imprecise method requiring substantial time spent on review.…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Development, Naming, Library Services
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Vincent F. Scalfani; Kevin W. Walker; Lance Simpson; Avery M. Fernandez; Vishank D. Patel; Anastasia Ramig; Cyrus Gomes; Michael T. Moen; Adam M. Nguyen – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2023
Scholarly web-based application programming interfaces (APIs) allow users to interact with information and data programmatically. Interacting with information programmatically allows users to create advanced information query workflows and quickly access machine-readable data for downstream computations. With the growing availability of scholarly…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Library Services, Electronic Libraries
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Gustafson, Julia Chance; Meese, Brenda L. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
This article will highlight key points in the process of collaboration, creation, and assessment of a digital collection intended to be used initially as a classroom tool, in addition to being a model of digital scholarship that can be used for research from anywhere in the world. This project originated from a class assignment for a course in…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Females, Physical Education, Womens Athletics
Erway, Ricky; Horton, Laurence; Nurnberger, Amy; Otsuji, Reid; Rushing, Amy – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2016
This report describes an extensive set of actions and resources that can be leveraged by libraries establishing basic research data management programs. Part 1, "Laying the Foundation," is intended to help institutions establish the underpinning for the next steps suggested in Part 2, "Building Up and Out." The order in which…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Information Management, Program Implementation, Library Services
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Pinkas, María M.; Lin, Na – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2014
This article describes the application of electronic resources management (ERM) to digital repository management at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The authors discuss electronic resources management techniques, through the application of "Techniques for Electronic Management,"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Medical Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Methods
Sin, Lauren; Daugert, Katie – Computers in Libraries, 2013
Several years ago, National Public Radio (NPR) librarians began developing a new content management system (CMS). It was intended to offer desktop access for all NPR-produced content, including transcripts, audio, and metadata. Fast-forward to 2011, and their shiny, new database, Artemis, was ready for debut. Their next challenge: to teach a staff…
Descriptors: Radio, Special Libraries, Librarians, Information Systems
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Martin, Ann M. – Knowledge Quest, 2015
This article asks the question: How well versed are school librarians on issues related to labeling and rating systems? As school librarians continue to design and implement resource location schemes to assist patrons, they must recognize the difference between using labels to create interest in books or implementing labeling and rating systems…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes, Intellectual Freedom
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Flynn, Emily Alinder – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2013
The open access (OA) movement is working to transform scholarly communication around the world, but this philosophy can also apply to metadata and cataloging records. While some notable, large academic libraries, such as Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Cambridge, released their cataloging records under OA…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Mitchell, Erik T. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
This month, the "Journal of Web Librarianship" is exploring the idea of data curation and its uses in libraries. The word "data" is as universal now as the word "cloud" was last year, and it is no accident that libraries are exploring how best to support data curation services. Data curation involves library activities in just about every way,…
Descriptors: Library Services, Museums, Public Libraries, Metadata
Barrera-Gomez, Julianna; Erway, Ricky – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
This document is a companion to the report, "You've Got to Walk before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media." Like the "First Steps" report, the intended audience is those who are just starting to manage born-digital materials, from those wondering where to begin, to those who…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Publishing, Documentation, Computer Software
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Burnette, Margaret H. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
The increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific research creates both challenges and opportunities for librarians. The liaison model may be inadequate for supporting campus research that represents multiple disciplines and geographically dispersed departments. The identification of units, researchers, and projects is a first step in planning and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Biomedicine, Medical Research, Scientific Research
Hoeppner, Athena – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Librarians are familiar with the single-line form, the consolidated index, which represents a very large portion of a library's print and online collection. Their end users are familiar with the idea of a single search across a comprehensive index that produces a large, relevancy-ranked results list. Even though most patrons would not recognize…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Librarians, Library Services, Information Technology
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Tzoc, Elias – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
According to the "Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections," a good collection is broadly available and avoids unnecessary impediments to use. Two challenges, however, are the constant change in users' expectations and the increasing volume of information in local repositories. Therefore, as academic and research…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Primary Sources, Metadata, Library Services
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Mitchell, Erik T. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
The silo is a well-worn metaphor in information systems used to illustrate separateness, isolation, and lack of connectivity. Through the many iterations of system development, libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) have sought to avoid silos and find the sweet spot between interface design and metadata interoperability. This effort is being…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Museums, Metadata, Archives
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France, Fenella G.; Emery, Doug; Toth, Michael B. – Library Quarterly, 2010
Integrating advanced imaging and processing capabilities in libraries, archives, and museums requires effective systems and information management to ensure that the large amounts of digital data about cultural artifacts can be readily acquired, stored, archived, accessed, processed, and linked to other data. The Library of Congress is developing…
Descriptors: Information Management, Museums, Libraries, Information Technology
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