Library Cataloging
Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Research and Design Review: Improving User Access to Library Catalog and Portal Information by Marcia J. Bates addresses:
- Id.loc.gov Web Service Enhancements
Image via WikipediaNews from LC about enhancements of the id.loc.gov web service.The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the enhancement of its ID.LOC.GOV web service, Authorities and Vocabularies, which provides access to Library of Congress standards...
- Tagging Structures And The Organization Of Information
Analyzing Communal Tag Relationships for Enhanced Navigation and User Modeling by Edwin Simpson and Mark H. Butler (HPL-2008-24)The increasing amount of available information has created a demand for better, more automated methods of finding and organizing...
- Alcts Non-english Access Report Available For Comment
ALCTS non-English access report available for comment. The 70 page report covers UNICODE, sorting different languages and scripts, committees and areas to be studied. There is also an executive summary available.The Association for Library Collections...
- Flamenco Search Interface Project
Karen G. Schneider in an e-mail mentioned the tool, Flamenco.The Flamenco search interface framework has the primary design goal of allowing users to move through large information spaces in a flexible manner without feeling lost. A key property of the...
- Task Force On Non-english Access
I wanted to let you know about a new task force that has been created: The Task Force on Non-English Access. The task force will examine our role in enabling access to library resources in all languages and scripts and in addressing the needs of users...
Library Cataloging
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Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Research and Design Review: Improving User Access to Library Catalog and Portal Information by Marcia J. Bates addresses:
Explore ways to enrich metadata records by focusing on providing additional subject and other access mechanisms (e.g., front-end user thesauri) and increasing granularity of access and display (e.g., by enabling progression through hierarchy and versions and by additional description [sic] information including summaries.Seen on Current Cites.
- Id.loc.gov Web Service Enhancements
Image via WikipediaNews from LC about enhancements of the id.loc.gov web service.The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the enhancement of its ID.LOC.GOV web service, Authorities and Vocabularies, which provides access to Library of Congress standards...
- Tagging Structures And The Organization Of Information
Analyzing Communal Tag Relationships for Enhanced Navigation and User Modeling by Edwin Simpson and Mark H. Butler (HPL-2008-24)The increasing amount of available information has created a demand for better, more automated methods of finding and organizing...
- Alcts Non-english Access Report Available For Comment
ALCTS non-English access report available for comment. The 70 page report covers UNICODE, sorting different languages and scripts, committees and areas to be studied. There is also an executive summary available.The Association for Library Collections...
- Flamenco Search Interface Project
Karen G. Schneider in an e-mail mentioned the tool, Flamenco.The Flamenco search interface framework has the primary design goal of allowing users to move through large information spaces in a flexible manner without feeling lost. A key property of the...
- Task Force On Non-english Access
I wanted to let you know about a new task force that has been created: The Task Force on Non-English Access. The task force will examine our role in enabling access to library resources in all languages and scripts and in addressing the needs of users...