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The NSF National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) Program: New Projects and a Progress Report; Lessons Learned: The Development of Electronic Reserves at the University of Calgary; A Challenging Future Awaits Libraries Able To Change: Highlights of the International Summer School on the Digital Library; DISA: Insights of an African Model for Digital Library Development; Organizing Ready Reference and Administrative Information with the Reference Desk Manager; Sue at the Field Museum.
Zia, Lee L.; Pearce, Linda; Prinsen, Jola G. B.; Ticer, B. V.; Peters, Dale; Pickover, Michele; Matylonek, John C.; Ottow, Carolyn; Reese, Terry – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
Topics include: digital library projects in the National Science Foundation's NSDL program; an electronic reserve platform at the University of Calgary; highlights from the sixth International Summer School on the Digital Library; the Digital Imaging Project of South Africa; a database of local information at the Oregon State University library;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services
Towards the Hybrid Library.
Rusbridge, Chris – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Reflects on implications of phases one and two in the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Program (eLib). Discusses the four components of the third phase which includes the merging of print and electronic resources in the hybrid library. Discusses managerial lessons learned. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Automation
National Library of Energy Science and Technology.
Spence, Karen J. – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Discusses the establishment of a digital National Library of Energy Science and Technology, a key initiative that the Department of Energy is pursuing to make its program and research and development information accessible to the public. Describes the program objectives, features of the National Library, potential performance measures, benefits,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Government Libraries, Information Services
Middleware for Digital Libraries.
Bacon, Jean; Hayton, Richard; Moody, Ken – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Describes a security architecture, Oasis, which runs on a middleware platform extended for asynchronous operation; shows how the interoperation of independently developed services may be supported under the Oasis architecture. Uses the provision of digital academic library services as an example. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer Software Development
Realizing the Hybrid Library.
Pinfield, Stephen; Eaton, Jonathan; Edwards, Catherine; Russell, Rosemary; Wissenburg, Astrid; Wynne, Peter – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Outlines five projects currently funded by the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Program (eLib): HyLiFe (Hybrid Library of the Future), MALIBU (MAnaging the hybrid Library for the Benefit of Users), HeadLine (Hybrid Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library Networked Environment), ATHENS (authentication scheme), and BUILDER (Birmingham…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Administration
Defining Collections in Distributed Digital Libraries.
Logoze, Carl; Fielding, David – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Describes the design for a digital collection service, an independent mechanism for introducing structure into a distributed space, research by Cornell Digital Library Research Group (CDLRG). Summarizes the component-based digital library architecture that is the context for the design. Describes a collection abstraction that is appropriate for…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks, Library Automation