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Digital Initiatives and Metadata Use in Thailand
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SuKantarat, Wichada – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to provide information about various digital initiatives in libraries in Thailand and especially use of Dublin Core metadata in cataloguing digitized objects in academic and government digital databases. Design/methodology/approach: The author began researching metadata use in Thailand in 2003 and 2004 while on sabbatical…
Descriptors: Metadata, Electronic Libraries, Cataloging, Databases
Electronic Thesis Initiative: Pilot Project of McGill University, Montreal
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Park, Eun G.; Zou, Qing; McKnight, David – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: To set up a protocol for electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) submission for the electronic thesis initiative pilot project at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Design/methodology/approach: An electronic thesis and dissertation submission protocol was implemented and tested. To test authoring tools, we had 50 students submit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theses, Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Libraries
A Dynamic Approach to Make CDS/ISIS Databases Interoperable over the Internet Using the OAI Protocol
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Jayakanth, F.; Maly, K.; Zubair, M.; Aswath, L. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: A dynamic approach to making legacy databases, like CDS/ISIS, interoperable with OAI-compliant digital libraries (DLs). Design/methodology/approach: There are many bibliographic databases that are being maintained using legacy database systems. CDS/ISIS is one such legacy database system. It was designed and developed specifically for…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Metadata, Databases, Internet
Using OAI-PMH and METS for Exporting Metadata and Digital Objects between Repositories
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Bell, Jonathan; Lewis, Stuart – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: To examine the relationship between deposit of electronic theses in institutional and archival repositories. Specifically the paper considers the automated export of theses for deposit in the archival repository in continuation of the existing arrangement in Wales for paper-based theses. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents a…
Descriptors: Metadata, Electronic Publishing, Theses, Archives
Books from the Past: An E-Books Project at Culturenet Cymru
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Haarhoff, Leith – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: To describe the open-source solution developed by Culturenet Cymru, for the Welsh Books Council, for presenting digitised books and other printed material online. Design/methodology/approach: The challenges faced in the implementation of a pilot e-book collection of nine out-of-print books is described. Findings: The adoption of a number…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Books, Electronic Publishing
Library Subject Guides: A Content Management Case Study at the Open University, UK
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Wales, Tim – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: To share the experiences and challenges faced by the Open University Library (OUL) in developing a content management (CM) system for its subject guides. Design/methodology/approach: A summary of multi-format subject guide production at the OUL is provided to justify the decision to develop a new system for their production using a…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Information Management, Academic Libraries, Case Studies
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