Project ISLA: A Space/Time/Full-Text/Format Search and Retrieval System Designed by End Users.

Hunt, Leta (Li); Wegner, Lucy S.

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ERIC Number: EJ537919

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Publication Date: 1996

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Project ISLA: A Space/Time/Full-Text/Format Search and Retrieval System Designed by End Users.

Hunt, Leta (Li); Wegner, Lucy S.

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v22 n6 p440-49 Nov 1996

Discusses the role of end users in the design of a multi-format digital library project, ISLA (name derived from Spanish word for "island"), being developed at the University of Southern California library for the study of the Los Angeles region. Topics include spatial and temporal indexing; the geographic information system element; search and retrieval index; and cataloging. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Full Text Databases, Higher Education, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Online Searching, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)

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