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Download full textStrunz, Bob; Waters, Mairead – 1999
This paper describes the progress made under the ELISE II electronic image library project from a technical standpoint. The ELISE II project is a European-wide initiative that aims to provide a comprehensive electronic image library service for Europe. It is funded under the European Commission, DG XIII-E, Telematics for Libraries Initiative. The…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Marisa, Richard J. – 2001
Law is grounded in the past, in the decisions and reasoning of generations of lawyers, judges, juries, and professors. Ready access to this history is vital to solid legal research, and yet, until 2000, much of it was buried in vast collections of aging paper journals. HeinOnline is a new online archive of law journals. Development of HeinOnline…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Computer System Design, Electronic Journals
Reade, Tripp – Computers in Libraries, 2001
MyLibrary@NCState (North Carolina State University) is a customizable Web interface to the electronic resources licensed by the library and to the pages that compose the Web sites of the library and the university. The author, part of the MyLibrary@NCState management team, shares the thoughts and ideology behind the design of this personalized…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Davis, Doug; Pollard, Marvin; Smith, Gordon – 1999
This paper presents the results of a three-year project of the 22 libraries of the California State University (CSU) system to create an entirely new approach to information access. The Unified Information Access System (UIAS) is designed to provide integrated, single-search access to the full range of library information resources. In addition to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Educational Resources, Higher Education
Morgan, Eric Lease – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Librarians providing information services electronically must create useful information systems. This article illustrates that the effectiveness of an information system is characterized by its readability, browsability, searchability, and interactive assistance. Describes the concept of interactive assistance and how it relates to information…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Systems
Peer reviewedSutton, Stuart A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes the conceptual foundations for the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) metadata framework including adoption of the Dublin Core Element Set as its base referent, and extension of that set to meet the needs of the domain. Discusses selection and structuring of the units of description. Examines metadata generation, the association of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Educational Resources, Information Services
Hill, Linda L.; Zheng, Qi – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Describes the development by the Alexandria Digital Library of a gazetteer (dictionary of geographic names) composed of a Gazetteer Content Standard, a Feature Type Thesaurus, and an operational interactive gazetteer service. Illustrates the use of this tool in a georeferenced digital library and relates progress in working with Federal agencies…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Geographic Location
Ercegovac, Zorana – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Describes design considerations of two interrelated programs that together make LEArning Portfolio (LEAP) prototype system for accessing engineering information for engineers. The two programs are: Engineering Information Sources and Access (EISA), implemented as a Web-based self-learning prototype system; and Information Sources that Every…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Engineering, Engineers
Peer reviewedAlmquist, Arne J. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1997
Libraries' dependence on computers can lead to frustrations for patrons and staff during downtime caused by computer system failures. Advice for reducing the number of crashes is provided, focusing on improved training for systems staff, better management of library systems, and the development of computer systems using quality components which…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Information Management, Information Services
Wiseman, Norman – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Describes the development, implementation, operations, and benefits of the ATHENS (authentication system) access-management system which was introduced in 1996 and extended in 1997 to provide access-control facilities to online resources for all the national data centers and services in the United Kingdom. Outlines future plans for ATHENS. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries
Rosen, Jeff; Castro, Gina M. – Computers in Libraries, 2002
Describes a Web-based information literacy tutorial, OASIS (Online Advancement of Student Information Skills), developed at San Francisco State University. Discussion includes: core competencies identified; design structure and content; planning and marketing; problems and partnerships in the pilot year of OASIS; restructuring the OASIS tutorial;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1992
This book contains 37 papers on computer use in higher education originally presented at a May, 1992, conference of college and university computer users. Most of the papers describe programs or systems implemented at particular institutions and cover the following: systems for career planning, automating purchasing and financial commitments,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Career Information Systems, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
