scholarly journals Metadata harvesting in regional digital libraries in the PIONIER network

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cezary Mazurek ◽  
Maciej Stroinski ◽  
Marcin Werla ◽  
Jan Węglarz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Metadata Harvesting

scholarly journals Moving towards shareable metadata

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Shreeves ◽  
Jenn Riley ◽  
Liz Milewicz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Barriers And Challenges ◽  
Metadata Harvesting ◽  
Open Archives ◽  
Simple Search ◽  
Open Archives Initiative

A focus of digital libraries, particularly since the advent of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, is aggregating from multiple collections metadata describing digital content. However, the quality and interoperability of the metadata often prevents such aggregations from offering much more than very simple search and discovery services. Shareable metadata is metadata which can be understood and used outside of its local environment by aggregators to provide more advanced services. This paper describes shareable metadata, its characteristics, and its importance to digital library development, as well as barriers and challenges to its implementation.

Implementation of Next Generation Digital Libraries

2005 ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Ee-Peng Lim ◽  
San-Yih Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Digital Library Services ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Metadata Harvesting ◽  
And Storage

To implement the next generation digital libraries, one has to examine both the data and functional aspects of the digital library requirements and understand the existing available technologies. In this chapter, we outline the major implementation issues of next generation digital libraries and review existing standards, tools and related research topics. Due to new kinds of content and metadata, as well as domain- and task-specific usage, the next generation digital libraries will need to handle the representation and storage scheme of metadata and content. Unlike the brick-and-mortar libraries, there are new challenges in metadata harvesting, search and retrieval that require standardized protocols to be adopted across different digital libraries. Finally, some advanced digital library services are also discussed.

Available and useful: OAI at the Library of Congress

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline R. Arms
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Early Adopter ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
Primary Users ◽  
Time To Build ◽  
American Memory ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Metadata Harvesting

The Library of Congress (LC) was an early adopter of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. The protocol allows LC to make digitized historical collections available for integration into other services. The protocol was straightforward to implement and the harvesting traffic has no perceptible effect on the primary users of the American Memory project. Now that services can integrate records for cultural heritage resources from many sources, it is time to build on that experience to develop better services. How should the scarce resources available to produce metadata be deployed to most advantage 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 LC’s experience and questions that have surfaced.

scholarly journals Approaches to make CDS/ISIS databases interoperable with OAI‐compliant digital libraries

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Jayakanth ◽  
K. Maly ◽  
M. Zubair ◽  
L. Aswath
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Heterogeneous Technologies ◽  
Compliant Systems ◽  
Metadata Harvesting ◽  
Open Archives

PurposeTo make CDS/ISIS databases OAI‐compliant.Design/methodology/approachOne of the biggest obstacles for information dissemination to a user community is that many digital libraries or bibliographic databases use heterogeneous technologies that inhibit interoperability. The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) addresses interoperability by using a framework to facilitate the discovery of content stored in distributed archives or bibliographic databases through the use of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI‐PMH). Though the OAI‐PMH is becoming the de facto standard, many of the legacy databases or bibliographic systems, for various reasons, are not OAI‐compliant. CDS/ISIS is one such database system. In this paper, we discuss the static repository (SR) approach to make CDS/ISIS databases OAI‐compliant. The records from a CDS/ISIS database are exported onto a file and the exported records are then converted to the SR XML file format. The SR file is made OAI‐compliant either by ingesting it into the Kepler Archivelet or through the intermediation of a static repository gateway (SRG).FindingsThe SR is a simple approach for making bibliographic records contained in non‐OAI‐compliant systems, OAI‐compliant.Research limitations/implicationsThe SR approach is meant for records, which are relatively static. If the OAI‐compliance is achieved through the SRG, then the number of records contained in a SR file should not exceed 5,000. However, if the SR file is ingested into the Kepler Archivelet, then there is no restriction on the number of records contained in a SR file.

The prospects for IRBIS development: The new product - IRBIS64+

2017 ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Brodovsky ◽  
Konstantin Sboichakov ◽  
Vladimir Sokolovsky
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
New Product ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Expanded Access ◽  
Access Right

IRBIS64+ - the new product of IRBIS Library Automation System designed for building and maintaining digital libraries, is introduced. IRBIS64+ new functionality is revealed. New possibilities for users, including those with expanded access right, are described. The IRBIS64+ modules are named.

Digital Libraries

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
Amitkumar Lalitbhai Ghoricha ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Electronic Information Resources among Postgraduate Students in Nigerian Universities

Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kehinde Abayomi Owolabi ◽  
Basirat.Olubukola Diyaolu ◽  
Nurudeen Adeniyi Aderibigbe ◽  
Mudasiru A Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Behavioural Intention ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Electronic Information Resources

The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has revolutionised how library resources are made and transmitted to end-users. It has effectively improved the standard of education and research in tertiary institutions worldwide by providing various essential resources, including e-books, journals and databases. However, it has been observed that students still abstain from making the best usage of the digital library, instead using search engines rather than institutional digital libraries. This study investigated the factors influencing the behavioural intention of postgraduate (PG) students to use electronic information resources (EIRs). The Unified Theory of Acceptance of Technology (UTAUT) model was adopted. A cross-sectional research design was used to assess the factors influencing the use of EIRs. A sample of 362 PG students was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. Data were collected from participants via the administration of 400 copies of the questionnaire. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and the Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling (CB-SEM) were used to analyse data collected. The findings revealed that performance expectancy (PE) and effort expectancy (EE) were the two constructs that influenced PG students’ behavioural intention to use EIRs. In contrast, social influence (SI) and facilitating condition (FC) did not change the PG students’ behavioural plan to use EIRs. The study recommended the need for adequate training for postgraduate (PG) students on the obligation to accept and use EIRs.

Historia leksemu "badylarz" (na marginesie prac nad "Wielkim słownikiem języka polskiego PAN")

Język Polski ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Jakub Bobrowski
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Interwar Period ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Lexical Unit ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article explores the semantic and pragmatic evolution of the lexical unit "badylarz" (‘vegetable gardener’). The author challenges the generally accepted opinions about its history, making use of data from dictionaries, digital libraries and corpora of the Polish language. It is commonly believed that the word came into existence during the PRL era and belonged to the typical elements of the discourse of communist propaganda. An analysis of the collected data showed that the word "badylarz" existed as far back as the second half of the 19th century. Originally, it was a neutral lexeme, but in the interwar period it became one of the offensive names of class enemies, often used in left-wing newspapers. After the war, negative connotations of the word were disseminated through literature and popular culture. Nowadays, "badylarz" functions as the lexical exponent of cultural memory of communist times.

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