OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives: Volume 22 Issue 3

“Integration and collaboration” within recently established Australian scholarly publishing initiatives

Paul Mercieca

The purpose of this paper is to highlight how application integration and project collaboration is being used to support the development of newly established university electronic…

Good enough is good enough: cataloging lessons from the University of California Libraries

Norm Medeiros

The purpose of this paper is to seek to inspire discussions about cataloging practices in academic libraries.

Inviting the user into the virtual archives

Elizabeth Yakel

The purpose of this paper is to discuss ways that Web 2.0 features are being used in archival access systems and how more might be incorporated in the future.

The death, and rebirth, of the metadata record – rethinking library search

Jeremy Frumkin

The purpose of this paper is to describe the issues with libraries' current approach to utilizing metadata and metadata records from a user perspective, and to suggest future…

Cataloging for the masses

Robert Fox

The purpose of this paper is to explore methods for opening up web content to automated classification using metadata, potentially in the context of library groupware or portals.

Disaster recovery and continuity planning for digital library systems

H. Frank Cervone

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of disaster recovery and contingency planning for digital library systems.

South Carolina goes digital: The creation and development of the University of South Carolina's Digital Activities Department

Kate Boyd, Douglas King

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the University of South Carolina's Digital Activities Department's history and development.

One‐stop shopping: a perspective on the evolution of electronic resources management

Bethany Latham Skaggs, Jodi Welch Poe, Kimberly Weatherford Stevens

The purpose of this paper is to describe the evolution of the processes and procedures utilized by Jacksonville State University's Houston Cole Library to manage its varied…

Web site redesign: the University of Washington Libraries' experience

Jennifer L. Ward

The purpose of this paper is to make a case study of a large academic library's web site redesign, undertaken during the 2003‐2004 academic year.

Towards accessibility to digital cultural materials: a FRBRized approach

Cathy Weng, Jia Mi

The purpose of this paper is to address the key components of building good digital collections.