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Peer reviewedArms, Caroline R. – Library Hi Tech, 2003
How should scarce resources available to produce metadata be deployed to support discovery in different contexts? How might metadata harvesting be exploited to support new interfaces and enhanced navigation among related resources in digital libraries? This article starts a conversation between metadata providers and service builders by describing…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Information Services
Peer reviewedLagoze Carl; Van de Sompel, Herbert – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Explores factors in the history of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) that have contributed to the positive response of the digital library and information community toward version 2 of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. Factors include focus on a defined problem statement, an operational model in which strong leadership is balanced with…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
Peer reviewedHalbert, Martin – Library Hi Tech, 2003
The MetaScholar Initiative is a collaborative endeavor to explore the feasibility and utility of scholarly portal services developed in conjunction with Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting technologies. This article describes two projects that the MetaScholar Initiative comprises, as well as accomplishments and findings to date. (AEF)
Descriptors: Archives, Cooperative Programs, Data Collection, Harvesting
Peer reviewedArms, William Y.; Dushay, Naomi; Fulker, Dave; Lagoze, Carl – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Describes the use of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Digital Library (NSDL). Describes the implementation experience and early practical tests. The overall conclusion is optimism that the OAI will be a successful part of the NSDL. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
Peer reviewedSimons, Gary; Bird, Steven – Library Hi Tech, 2003
The Dublin Core (DC) Element Set and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol have provided a solid foundation for the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) framework. More precision is needed in community-specific aspects of resource description than is offered by DC, and many of the potential participants in OLAC do not have the technical…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Information Services, Information Sources
Peer reviewedNelson, Michael L.; Rocker, JoAnne; Harrison, Terry L. – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Details NASA's (National Aeronautics & Space Administration (USA)) involvement in defining and testing the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and experience with adapting existing NASA distributed searching DLs (digital libraries) to use the OAI-PMH and metadata harvesting. Discusses some new digital…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
Peer reviewedWarner, Simeon – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Presents a brief survey of Open Archives Initiative (OAI) e-print repositories, and of services using metadata harvested from e-print repositories using the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting (OAI-PMH). Discusses several situations where metadata harvesting may be used to further improve the utility of e-print archives as a component of the…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
Peer reviewedShreeves, Sarah L.; Kaczmarek, Joanne S.; Cole, Timothy W. – Library Hi Tech, 2003
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign undertook a project to test the efficacy of using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting to construct a search and discovery service focused on information resources in the domain of cultural heritage. Provides an overview of the Illinois project, with quantitative data about…
Descriptors: Archives, Culture, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries
