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Peer reviewedMathias, Eileen C. – Online Information Review, 2003
Describes a major digital imaging project just completed at the Ewell Sale Steward Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, PA). Discusses options that were considered for Web delivery of images and text, and reasons for choosing Innovative Interfaces, Inc.'s image management function. Describes the data entry process and reviews…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Metadata, Natural Resources, Online Catalogs
Download full textCouncil on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. Digital Library Federation. – 2000
Thirty leaders of museums and libraries met at the Chicago Historical Society (October 5-7, 1999) to discuss common questions and concerns about digitization of collections and explore the ways that the World Wide Web is affecting their collection-based institutions. This report presents the papers, under the headings of…
Descriptors: Information Management, Libraries, Library Collections, Museums
Peer reviewedBordeianu, Sever; Carter, Christina E.; Dennis, Nancy K. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 2000
Describes Web-based online public access catalogs (Web OPACs) and other Web-based tools as gateway methods for providing access to library collections. Addresses solutions for overcoming barriers to information, such as through the implementation of proxy servers and other authentication tools for remote users. (Contains 18 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Information Sources, Integrated Library Systems
Peer reviewedJustie, Kevin M. – Library Computing, 1999
The WEBrary(R) databases at the Morton Grove Public Library (Illinois) provide patron-accessible searchable databases, easily available over the library's Web site. Database offerings include the locally maintained Song Collection Index, Obituary Index, Continuations Listings, On-Order files, topical and personalized New Acquisitions files, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases
Evinger, William R., Ed. – 1997
This reference book provides the latest information about the vast collections of U.S. and overseas federal libraries. The nearly 2,300 entries have been updated, and 123 new entries have been added. Entries include details such as the name of the library administrator, type of library, number of staff, size of collection, special subjects and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Federal Government, Government Libraries
Kenerson, Murle E. – 1997
A wealth of African-American resources have remained "hidden resources," even as interest in and need for these rare documents has risen. Digitizing collections would make these materials available through the Internet and World Wide Web. Many of these materials reside in historically black institutions which oftentimes lack the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Archives, Black Culture
Wasilko, Peter J. – 1997
The Continuity Project is a research, development, and technology transfer initiative aimed at creating a "Library of the Future" by combining features of an online public access catalog (OPAC) and a campus wide information system (CWIS) with advanced facilities drawn from such areas as artificial intelligence (AI), knowledge…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Classification, Computer Mediated Communication
