Library Cataloging
The Lunar E-Library is a good idea gone wrong. From their announcement it looks like all the full-text material is copyright free.
Rights
- Von Braun Collection
Digital librarians and archivists might be interested in this. NASA is seeking ideas on how to analyze and catalog notes from Wernher von Braun into an electronic system.On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking...
- Greenstone Digital Library Software
Greenstone v2.62 has been released. This is a "stable" release of the software with no major new features but many bug fixes and minor improvements. See this page for a list of some of the most important changes in this version.Greenstone is a suite of...
- Nasa And The Library
NASA has recently noticed that libraries are centers for information and learning and has begun to direct attention and money in that direction. The NASA Explorer Institutes (NEI) are part of that.The Informal Education Division has initiated a new national...
- Updating Bib Records
Some organizations are digitizing large collections of older materials and making them available on-line. How, if at all, are we handling updating the records in our collections given this new level of access and information? For example the NASA ADS...
- Open Source
There is a new Wiki devoted to Open Source, OSPedia. If you have something to say on the topic, just go and add some content. Wiki are Web pages that anyone can edit. This would be a good place for the library community to show the hackers what some of...
Library Cataloging
Rights and Access
The Lunar E-Library is a good idea gone wrong. From their announcement it looks like all the full-text material is copyright free.
This DVD knowledgebase contains 1100 (.PDF) items with an emphasis on documents produced during the Apollo/Saturn era. Full text is available for 870 documents, and abstracts with source information are included for 230 documents that are copyrighted or limited distribution materials.However, since they did not use open source or free software there is a software agreement that limits the distribution to NASA centers and NASA contractors in the US. If they had used Greenstone, or something like it, it could have been freely distributed. All that work, with so little to show for it. A shame. They should have asked someone at their library.
Rights
- Von Braun Collection
Digital librarians and archivists might be interested in this. NASA is seeking ideas on how to analyze and catalog notes from Wernher von Braun into an electronic system.On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking...
- Greenstone Digital Library Software
Greenstone v2.62 has been released. This is a "stable" release of the software with no major new features but many bug fixes and minor improvements. See this page for a list of some of the most important changes in this version.Greenstone is a suite of...
- Nasa And The Library
NASA has recently noticed that libraries are centers for information and learning and has begun to direct attention and money in that direction. The NASA Explorer Institutes (NEI) are part of that.The Informal Education Division has initiated a new national...
- Updating Bib Records
Some organizations are digitizing large collections of older materials and making them available on-line. How, if at all, are we handling updating the records in our collections given this new level of access and information? For example the NASA ADS...
- Open Source
There is a new Wiki devoted to Open Source, OSPedia. If you have something to say on the topic, just go and add some content. Wiki are Web pages that anyone can edit. This would be a good place for the library community to show the hackers what some of...