VALA2000 Session 4 Arthur

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Comparing interfaces for electronic journal delivery

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Document Delivery
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Tony Arthur

Associate Librarian, Information Resources and External Relations,
University of Melbourne Library
http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au

Shirley Sullivan

Electronic Information Co-ordinator, University of Melbourne Library
http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au

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During 1998 and 1999 the University of Melbourne Library evaluated four interfaces for managing electronic journal subscriptions and access. These are OCLC’s ECO, SwetsNet, Ebsco Online and Blackwell’s Electronic Journal Navigator. A small working group of librarians comprised the core of the trial. A set of defined criteria for evaluating the interfaces was used. The paper will report on the experiences of the evaluation and the conclusions reached.

VALA2000 Session 4 Barry

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Document delivery – an idea whose time has gone?

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Document Delivery
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 15:10 – 15:40

Tony Barry

Library Affiliate, Australian National University Library
http://anulib.anu.edu.au

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With the advent of new ILL and document delivery technologies it might seem that finally libraries are bringing their practices in this area into a successful focus. Networked and automated solutions to a long term controversial but cooperative activity are at hand. But we are also seeing the rise of technologies which may bypass and marginalise libraries. Some are –

Preprint/reprint servers
Self publishing by authors
The threat of end use access to article level databases by end users linked to micro payments

What role do libraries have as direct end user access grows? The paper explores these ideas. The paper will explore how libraries could cope with these developments.

VALA2000 Session 5 Hannan

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New millennium, even more technology – can we cope?

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Technology Management
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:00 – 14:30

Chris Hannan

Eastern Regional Libraries, Melbourne, Victoria
http://www.erl.vic.gov.au

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This paper discusses some of the problems libraries are likely to encounter in satisfying demand for technology-based services. In particular, it examines the issues that are likely to determine the shape and nature of the IT infrastructure and support services that underpin electronic service delivery. Finally it considers a planning approach which may help in describing, analyzing and justifying important changes that will inevitably be necessary to the IT infrastructure.

VALA2000 Session 5 Payne

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Future Library Systems : Beyond the Electronic Card Catalogue

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Technology Management
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Geoffrey Payne

General Manager, Information Services, Vision Australia Foundation
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au

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This paper contrasts the capabilities of traditional integrated library systems with the improving information access provided by the Internet. Recent standards developments are mentioned. Readers are urged to think about how a library needs to work to meet the expectations of users based on their information access experiences on the Internet.

VALA2000 Session 5 Galante

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Treatments for ‘Agoraphobia’: International Developments for the Hybrid Library

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Technology Management
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 15:10 – 15:40

Vincent Galante, 1998/99 VALA Travel Scholar

Head, Information Systems, La Trobe University Library
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au

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This paper based on a study visit made in May 1999, generously sponsored by the VALA Travel Scholarship program, reports on developmental projects that seek to aid library users to efficiently discover and locate information resources. In the current information landscape, where resources exist in a variety of formats, the goal is to develop systems that seamlessly integrate the globally distributed content. The report includes descriptions of the most promising UK eLib program funded research projects into Hybrid Library Systems and some of the Digital Library Initiatives in USA Universities. It also identifies and provides links to other international research on creating Digital Library Systems.

VALA2000 Session 6 van Essen

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Buying and Selling Electronic Journals: A Matter of Uncertainty Reduction

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:00 – 14:35

Gregor van Essen

Regional Sales Manager, Elsevier Science – Asia Pacific, Singapore
http://www.elsevier.com

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In the fast changing landscape of scientific information delivery, both libraries and publishers find themselves struggling with the overwhelming possibilities offered by new information technologies. Whether it is the publisher marketing its new electronic services or the library evaluating the inexhaustible flow of new products, the uncertainties confronted by both are tremendous. This paper describes the process of “uncertainty reduction” that increasingly characterises the new way of buying and selling electronic (scientific) journals. It is argued that the ability of library and journal publisher to reduce uncertainty determines the likelihood that a mutually satisfying outcome will be achieved. Critical in this process is the exchange of information between library and publisher. Several “communication mechanisms” will be discussed that can support library and publisher to enhance communication, and as a result reduce uncertainty.

VALA2000 Session 6 Lim

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The READS Project resource sharing using e-commerce service strategies

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Edward Lim

University Librarian, Monash University
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au

Kate Roberts

READS Project Officer, La Trobe-Melbourne-Monash
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au

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The READS (Regional Electronic Access and Delivery of Serials) Project is a resource sharing project jointly funded by the Libraries of the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and Monash University, as a tool for managing the extensive cancellation of serials which all three university libraries had to make in 1998, as a result of the unexpected fall in the value of the Australian dollar and the inexorable increase in the cost of serials in the science and technology disciplines. The project makes use of Web-based and e-commerce technologies to deliver a “virtual” collection of physics and chemistry serials (held by at least one of the three university libraries) to academic staff and researchers who no longer have easy physical access to those serials due to cancellations.

VALA2000 Session 6 Kreulich

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Value-Added Digital Libraries Service: Individualized Crossmedia Output with XML Documents

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 15:10 – 15:40

Klaus Kreulich

Scientist, Institute for Print and Media Technology, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de

Eckhard Stasch

Scientist, Institute for Print and Media Technology, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de

Arved C. Hubler

Professor, Institute for Print and Media Technology, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de

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This paper introduces a concept for creating documents, which are gathered, annotated, and structured individually, on the basis of a common digital document collection. Possible output media are Print-on-Demand booklets as well as PDF documents or E-Books. A prototypic implementation of this concept, an XML based online study guide is described. The paper focuses on the particularities of the underlying XML Document Type Definition and the technical realization of the study guide.

VALA2000 Plenary 2 Noerr

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99 Questions about Digital Libraries

VALA 2000 PLENARY 2: Peter Noerr
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 16:10 – 17:25

Dr Peter Noerr

Technical Director, EduLib

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This paper discusses issues and technicalities surrounding the envisioning, planning and creation of a digital library. In general the paper raises issues for discussion, rather than providing prescriptive answers. The range and diversity of individual circumstances is too broad for generalizations and formulas.

At the preliminary stage it addresses the issues of organizational motivation, possible content, target audience, long term support and funding.

For planning it asks questions about staff and resources, creation and maintenance, delivery methods, charging policy, and long term support and funding.

During the process of creation aspects to be considered are , available technology, in- house or out-source, project management, design, testing, unveiling, and long term support and funding.

VALA2000 Plenary 3 McMillan

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The Digital Library: Without a Soul Can It Be a Library?

VALA 2000 PLENARY 3: Gail McMillan
Thursday 17 February 2000, 09:00 – 10:15

Gail McMillan

Director, Digital Library and Archives University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA)
http://www.vt.edu

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For many people “digital libraries” mean information on the Internet that is available to them either directly or indirectly through search engines, indexes or library catalogs. While digital libraries imply abundance, they do not necessarily connote the broad range of services or quality resources that libraries provide. Digital libraries are perceived as being solely mechanical or electronic, providing only online resources and lacking people serving people. If the digital library is actually to be a library and not a soulless, heartless construct, then it needs to evolve beyond mere storage and access to digitized information.

A library is a fusion of resources in a variety of forms, including services and people supporting the entire life cycle of information beginning with creation, to dissemination and use, through to preservation. A digital library works best when it is an integral part of a library that provides its users with access to information that has been evaluated, organized, and preserved in the most useful formats. Digital libraries and traditional libraries share common goals and should interact as if they shared a common soul. If they do, the [digital] library will accomplish more than it could separately and serve its users on the highest order.