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Direct linkWalker, Andrew; Recker, Mimi; Robertshaw, M. Brooke; Osen, Jeffrey; Leary, Heather; Ye, Lei; Sellers, Linda – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2011
This article describes two consecutive enactments of technology-oriented teacher professional development designs, aimed at helping teachers find high-quality online learning resources and use them in designing effective problem-based learning (PBL) activities for their students. To align with current professional development prescriptions, in the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Technology Integration, Mixed Methods Research, Instructional Design
Kahl, Chad M.; Williams, Sarah C. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
To ensure efficient access to and integrated searching capabilities for their institution's new digital library projects, the authors studied Web sites of the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) 111 academic, English-language libraries. Data were gathered on 1117 digital projects, noting library Web site and project access, metadata, and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Research Libraries, Access to Information, Web Sites
Hockx-Yu, Helen – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: To discuss the issues and challenges of digital preservation facing institutional repositories and to illustrate the Joint Information Systems Committee's (JISC) view on institutional repositories and its key initiatives in helping UK institutions address these issues. Design/methodology/approach: A combination of published work and JISC…
Descriptors: Preservation, Archives, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries
Xia, Jingfeng – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: To propose improvements to the identification of authors' names in digital repositories. Design/methodology/approach: Analysis of current name authorities in digital resources, particularly in digital repositories, and analysis of some features of existing repository applications. Findings: This paper finds that the variations of authors'…
Descriptors: Identification, Authors, Documentation, Electronic Libraries
Law, Derek – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: The paper seeks to record the work of the committee and its interaction with the much better known Electronic Libraries (eLib) Programme. It also examines the principles that underlay the development of content acquisition and supporting infrastructure in UK university libraries in the 1990s. Design/methodology/approach: A historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Committees, Electronic Libraries, Information Services
Download full textToornstra, Dick – 2001
The electronic parliamentary library at the European Union (EU) level is developing to meet the needs of a changing political context. It is emerging in multiple forms: cooperation among EU institutions; cooperation among EU parliaments; and the service of the European Parliament itself. The development of electronic service presents a management…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Development
Matson, Lisa Dallape; Bonski, David J. – Online, 1997
By stressing the importance of either technology or librarianship, commentators on digital libraries have created a false dichotomy in the literature. This article describes the process of creating a digital library at the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) that balances technological empowerment. Concludes that digital libraries need…
Descriptors: Conflict, Electronic Libraries, Empowerment, Information Technology
Peer reviewedOnline & CD-ROM Review, 1995
Discusses a draft report issued by the Task Force on Digital Archiving, formed by the Research Libraries Group and the Commission on Preservation and Access, that considered how to ensure continued access to records stored in digital electronic form. Topics include reformatting obsolete materials; challenges with digital objects; and cost…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Costs, Electronic Libraries
Paskin, Norman; Canos, Jose H.; Jaen, Javier; Lorente, Juan C.; Perez, Jennifer; Rinehart, Richard; Smith, MacKenzie; Barton, Mary; Branschofsky, Margaret; McClellan, Greg; Walker, Julie Harford; Mass, Mick; Stuve, Dave; Tansley, Robert; Mitchell, Steve; Mooney, Margaret; Paynter, Gordon W.; Mason, Julie; Ruscheinski, Johannes; Kedzierski, Artur; Humphreys, Keith – D-Lib Magazine, 2003
Includes five articles that discuss copies in terms of metadata and digital rights management; safety oriented systems, a new type of decision support systems; MOAC (Museums and the Online Archive of California); DSpace, an open source digital repository; and iVia, an open source Internet subject portal or virtual library system. (LRW)
Descriptors: Decision Support Systems, Electronic Libraries, Internet, Metadata
Peer reviewedArms, Caroline R. – Library Hi Tech, 2003
How should scarce resources available to produce metadata be deployed to support discovery in different contexts? How might metadata harvesting be exploited to support new interfaces and enhanced navigation among related resources in digital libraries? This article starts a conversation between metadata providers and service builders by describing…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Information Services
Peer reviewedNakashima, Makoto; Sato, Keizo; Qu, Yanhua; Ito, Tetsuro – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Proposes a model of browsing-based conceptual information retrieval employing two different types of dictionaries, a global dictionary and a local dictionary. The documents are ranked by the conceptual closeness to a query, and are arranged in the form of a user's personal digital library. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Keywords
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Describes how, at several new college libraries, the online resources come first, to the distress of some librarians and faculty members. (EV)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Online Systems
Heery, Rachel; Wagner, Harry; Wright, Michael; Marlino, Mary; Sumner, Tamara; LeFurgy, William G.; Sullivan, Robert – D-Lib Magazine, 2002
These four articles discuss the role of metadata registries for the Semantic Web; the development of a community digital library called the Digital Library for Earth System Education using meta-design; digital preservation and levels of service for digital repositories; and digitizing cultural materials and indigenous cultural and intellectual…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Indigenous Populations, Intellectual Property, Metadata
Peer reviewedKilker, Julian; Gay, Geri – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Describes the social construction of technology (SCOT) framework which encourages a focus on the multiple perspectives inherent in the development and evaluation of digital libraries. Relevant social groups, interpretive flexibility, and closure are used to examine an evaluation case study of the "Making of America" (MOA) digital library…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Information Technology
Maly, Kurt; Nelson, Michael L.; Zubair, Mohammad – D-Lib Magazine, 1999
Discusses digital libraries, interoperability, and interfaces to access them, and proposes one universal protocol for communication for simple archives based on the hypertext transfer protocol (http). Describes the creation of a special class of digital objects called buckets, archives based on a NASA collection, and a set of digital library…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Interfaces, Electronic Libraries, Hypermedia
