An edition of Libraries, the Internet, and scholarship
(2002)
Libraries, the Internet, and scholarship
tools and trends converging
by Charles F. Thomas
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Libraries, the Internet, and Scholarship: Tools and Trends Converging
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Libraries and Digital Preservation: Who Is Providing Electronic Access for Tomorrow?
Kelly Russell
Introduction 1
Background and Context 2
The Changing Face of Preservation 4
A Context for Digital Preservation 6
The Scale of the Problem 7
What Is "Digital Preservation?" 8
Preservation Digitization 9
Technology Dependence and Media Longevity 10
Case Studies 11
Storage Media 12
Digital Archaeology 13
Strategies for Digital Preservation 14
Reliance on Hard Copy 15
Technology Preservation 17
Technology Emulation 17
Migration 19
Portable Data 20
Collection Management and Digital Preservation 21
Intellectual Property Rights and Digital
Preservation 22
Responsibility Issues 24
Developing Preservation Policies 26
Conclusion 27
End Notes 28
2. The Internet, Scholarly Communication, and Collaborative Research 31
Rosemary L. Meszaros
Introduction 31
The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing 32
A Promising Forecast for Scholarship 33
The Internet's Impact Explained 35
Potential Pitfalls 36
Intellectual Property 37
Models of Scholarly Communication and Research
Online 38
Conclusion 42
End Notes 42
3. From Virtual Libraries to Digital Libraries: The Role of Digital Libraries in Information
Communities 45
David Robins
Introduction 46
Conceptual Background 48
Traditional Library 48
Virtual Library 51
Digital Libraries 53
Digital Library Initiatives 54
National Science Foundation's Digital Library Initiative 55
Community 57
Information Community 59
Libraries and Information Communities: A Model that Worked 60
Information Communities and Digital Libraries: New Directions 64
A New Model for Digital Libraries and Information Communities 69
Some Caveats Regarding the Role of Digital Libraries in Information Communities 71
Conclusion 72
End Notes 73
4. Integrating Metadata Frameworks into Library Description 77
William Fietzer
Introduction 77
Facts and Figures 79
What Is Metadata? 80
Standards and Interoperability 81
The Dublin Core and Warwick Framework 82
Crosswalks and Associated Issues 84
The Need for Thesauri 87
Multilingual Environmental Thesauri 88
Problems of Concept and Cost 90
Production Costs and Concerns 91
The Human Factor 91
Limitations and Concerns of Each Method 95
Limited Publics 96
Knowing the Market 97
Conclusion 98
End Notes 100
5. Technology's Impact on Research and Publication in the Natural Sciences 103
David P. Atkins and Flora G. Shrode
Introduction 103
Taxonomy and Related Disciplines 105
Taxonomic and Systematics Data 107
Taxonomic and Systematic Database Initiatives 109
Taxonomic Databases: What's in a Name? 111
Successful Initiatives 112
Phylogenetics Initiatives 113
NBII and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System 113
NBII and the PLANTS National Database 114
Biological or Nonspatial Metadata Standards 115
International Initiatives: Global Plants Checklist and Species2000 116
Integrating Databases: Some Cases 117
Bioinformatics and Genomics 118
Genetic and Protein Sequence Databases 120
Journals: Communicating the Research 121
Discussion: What Really Works? 123
Conclusion 126
End Notes 127
6. Electronic Text Encoding in the Humanities 133
Perry Willett
Introduction 133
Moving from Print to Digital 135
What Is Encoding? 137
Encoding Characters 138
Encoding Documents 139
Differences Between HTML and TEI Encoding 144
Bringing SGML to the Masses: XML 149
Issues in Encoding Literary Works 150
References 152
End Notes 153
7. Visual Resources Collections and Technology 155
Paula Hardin
Introduction 155
Working with Data 156
The Power of Databases 157
The Internet and World Wide Web 158
Digitization Projects 160
An Example of a Digital Visual Resources Project 162
Technology as a Learning and Growth Tool for VR Professionals 166
Conclusion 166
8. An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 169
Farrell W. Jones
What Is GIS? 169
What Is Not a GIS? 171
GIS: A Discipline or Just a Tool? 172
The Classifications of GIS 173
The Components of a GIS 177
Conclusion 188
9. Social Science Data and the Digital Library 191
Wendy L. Thomas
Introduction 191
History of Digital Data 192
Issues in Creating a Virtual Data Library 193
Preservation 196
The Data Documentation Initiative 198
Conclusion 201
End Notes 202.
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