Library Cataloging
OPACs
"An
XML document repository: A new home for University at Buffalo, library systems" by Mark Ludwig appears in
Library Hi Tech News vol. 20 no. 6 (2003) I first heard Mark describe this at a
LITA Forum a few years back and it blew my mind. The millions of Web pages catalog, University at Buffalo
XML Public Catalog is described.
The long-hyped application of XML technology to large library catalogs is finally becoming reality. XML and the model of a documentbase provide a completely new and upscale approach to library systems. It is finally possible to create catalogs that are natively Web-based and not purveyed through the facade of an interface.
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Google Summer Of Code
Among the 900 projects selected for the Google Summer of Code is one for cataloging.The purpose of this project is to create a professional web-based library cataloging application for searching, retrieving and editing library catalog records. It will...
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Nsdl Catalog
The new National Science Digital Library catalog (institutional repository in reality) seems to get the 2.0 thing.We are standing at a dramatic pivot-point for NSDL. Until now, the library was a collection of catalog records, pointing to exemplary STEM...
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Xml Catalog
I've posted in the past about the XML catalog at the University of Buffalo. There is a posting at usr/lib/info about the catalog. Very interesting work, addressing some fundamental questions about the catalog on the Web....
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Name Access Control
The latest D-Lib Magazine has a notice about the XML Name Access Control Repository.The XML Name Access Control Repository is an initiative of Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library and is intended to address the problems experienced by...
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Rlg's Redlightgreen Project
RLG is looking at a user friendly interface to the union catalog.The RedLightGreen project is a whole new way of thinking about library catalogs. Catalogs today are optimized for inventory control and transaction management - not necessarily information...
Library Cataloging