Library Cataloging
Here is a new digital text initiative, the Open Content Alliance.
OCA
- Media Collections
Beyond Text: Libraries Create and Deliver Access to Rich-media Collections, January 26, 2005, 8 AM to 9 AM Pacific. Presented by Marshall BreedingToday's information environment goes far beyond plain text. Some of the more compelling content comes...
- Oai
OAI seems to be such a useful and widespread tool. Here is another exapmle:The Sheet Music Consortium is a group of libraries working toward the goal of building an open collection of digitized sheet music using the Open Archives Initiative:Protocol for...
- Metadata
Metadata is essential web writing skill by Gerry McGovern appears in the current New Thinking Newsletter.Metadata gives your content context. Content that does not have effective metadata is not web content. It is sloppy, next-to-useless print content...
- Professional Reading
"Metadata-based access to multimedia architectural and historical archive collections: a review" in Aslib Proceedings (2002) v. 54, no. 6, pp. 362-371.Presents a brief overview of what is meant by a digital library and a digital archive, and how archival...
- Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting v.2.0 scheduled for release. Here is a description of the OAI from their FAQ: The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination...
Library Cataloging
Open Content Alliance
Here is a new digital text initiative, the Open Content Alliance.
The Open Content Alliance (OCA) represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content. Content in the OCA archive will be accessible soon through this website and through Yahoo!Their 4th principle is "The OCA will offer collection and item-level metadata of its hosted collections in a variety of formats." Wonder where this cataloging is going to come from and what the formats will be.
OCA
- Media Collections
Beyond Text: Libraries Create and Deliver Access to Rich-media Collections, January 26, 2005, 8 AM to 9 AM Pacific. Presented by Marshall BreedingToday's information environment goes far beyond plain text. Some of the more compelling content comes...
- Oai
OAI seems to be such a useful and widespread tool. Here is another exapmle:The Sheet Music Consortium is a group of libraries working toward the goal of building an open collection of digitized sheet music using the Open Archives Initiative:Protocol for...
- Metadata
Metadata is essential web writing skill by Gerry McGovern appears in the current New Thinking Newsletter.Metadata gives your content context. Content that does not have effective metadata is not web content. It is sloppy, next-to-useless print content...
- Professional Reading
"Metadata-based access to multimedia architectural and historical archive collections: a review" in Aslib Proceedings (2002) v. 54, no. 6, pp. 362-371.Presents a brief overview of what is meant by a digital library and a digital archive, and how archival...
- Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting v.2.0 scheduled for release. Here is a description of the OAI from their FAQ: The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination...