VALA2002 Plenary 6 Besser

Moving from Isolated Digital Collections to Interoperable Digital Libraries

VALA 2002 PLENARY 6: Howard Besser
Friday 8 February 2002, 17:00 – 18:30
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Howard Besser

UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

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Online collections do not yet function like conventional libraries. Many digital collections are experimental and lack service components, and few have preservation components. The function of searching across collections is a dream frequently discussed but seldom realized at a robust level. This paper discusses how we might move from isolated digital collections to interoperable digital libraries. It first examines how early efforts to construct digital collections were perceived as experiments rather than operational libraries. It then discusses various conventional library components that are necessary to deployment of operational digital libraries. Finally, the author points to functions (such as infrastructure, robust metadata, and preservation components) that can be deployed to move us from isolated digital collections to interoperable digital libraries.

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VALA2002 Plenary 4 Lippincott

Cyberinfrastructure: opportunities for connections and collaboration

VALA 2002 PLENARY 4: Joan Lippincott
Thursday 7 February 2002, 16:10 – 17:25
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Joan Lippincott

Coalition for Networked Information

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This paper explores the concepts of envisioning and building a cyberinfrastructure, a framework for developing interrelationships between high performance computing,
networking, digital libraries, and people. The focus is on the new types of user services that libraries might create and offer and on the broad range of content that can be part of digital libraries. The important role of establishing partnerships and collaborations to build the components of the cyberinfrastructure is emphasized.

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VALA2002 Plenary 5 Chia

Creating an Inclusive Information Future through Singapore’s Libraries

VALA 2002 PLENARY 5: Christopher Chia
Friday 8 February 2002, 09:00 – 10:15
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Dr Christopher Chia

National Library Board Singapore

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The National Library Board’s approach to creating an inclusive information future in Singapore was twofold – building an info-literate nation through providing facilities for IT Literacy training programmes, and a nurturing environment in its libraries for further skills development; easing library users into using electronic services through providing online options for basic library services before launching value-added personalized information services. The Board is also building an e-inclusive region by connecting ASEAN and Asia to each other and to the rest of the world. Initiatives include the CONSALWeb which connects a regional grouping of librarians from ASEAN countries.

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VALA2002 Plenary 2 Guédon

The politics of scientific visibility: from excellence to elitism (and back)

VALA 2002 PLENARY 2: Jean-Claude Guédon
Wednesday 6 February 2002, 16:10 – 17:25
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Jean-Claude Guédon

Université de Montréal

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Recent analyses have revealed some of the roots of the serial pricing crisis. Core science and site licensing have trasformed scientific publishing twice. A third, negative, revolution is in the offing; it has to do with the evaluation of scientific work beyond peer review. However, this threat also offers new hopes for all concerned with building a less elitist communication system. Open archives, attempts to extend the science citation index and “faculties of 1,000’ all point to the possibility of reforming the evaluation system of science. It will require, however, stronger alliances with administrators and those scientists that are working for a more equitable system of communicating scientific results.

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VALA2002 Plenary 3 Van Der Werf

Our digital heritage: how authentic should it be?

VALA 2002 PLENARY 3: Titia Van Der Werf
Thursday 7 February 2002, 09:00 – 10:15
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Titia Van Der Werf

National Library of the Netherlands

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Together with the National Library of the Netherlands, IBM has developed the concept of a generic preservation layer model (PLM) that can be implemented as a preservation management tool. It enables us to assess preservation strategies and how they affect the authenticity of digital objects. The National Library of the Netherlands has identified a number of deposit principles that bear on preservation and authenticity criteria for electronic publications. They take account of the specific nature of electronic publications and electronic publishing. This paper shows how both the generic approach and the specific application domain approach can lead to a decision-making framework for digital heritage institutions.

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VALA2002 Session 2 Williams

Optimising Synergy between Metadata, Database Platform and Business Needs: the Case of SIM at RMIT

VALA2002 CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Metadata
Wednesday 6 February 2002, 11:55 – 12:30
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Rhys Williams, Troy Boulton, Phil Anderson and Cherryl Schauder

RMIT University

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In 2000 RMIT University launched a Web Refurbishment Project using RMIT Multi Media Database Systems’ SIM (Structured Information Manager) software. The vision of the project was to create an enterprise-wide information environment which encompasses functions from communication and learning, to knowledge and information management, and record keeping. To achieve these goals the SIM database platform was configured to make extensive use of a mix of technical and business metadata to underpin the diverse functions required of the system. This paper outlines how metadata operates at different levels of the Web publishing system, from the perspectives of system development and programming, project design and management, and metadata standards development.

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VALA2002 Session 7 Maquignaz

Learning from our clients – Victoria University Library web site evaluation

VALA2002 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Performance and Useability
Thursday 7 February 2002, 15:10 – 15:40
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Laura Maquignaz and Jane Miller

Victoria University Library

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A Library’s World Wide Web presence is a significant client interface and virtual service point. As with any service, evaluation is crucial. Usage patterns need to be analyzed and client perceptions sought. The value ascribed by clients to a service need to be balanced against resources committed to providing that service. This paper outlines the action research undertaken during 2001 by Victoria University Library on its web site usage. The research employed a range of methodologies – an online survey, statistical collection and analysis, and focus groups held with web service stakeholders. The major objective of the research was to understand the experience of the Library’s clients in their interactions with the website and to effect change according to their needs.

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VALA2002 Session 12 Green

Building a shared authentication infrastructure: a matter of trust

VALA2002 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Standards and Protocols
Friday 8 February 2002, 11:20 – 11:50
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Peter Green

Curtin University of Technology

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The Western Australian Group of University Librarians (WAGUL) was successful in obtaining a substantial grant from the Commonwealth Development Pool (CDP) to fund a major authentication project. The resulting WAGUL Authentication Project will deliver a distributed authentication infrastructure for the five Western Australian Universities. This paper describes the motivations for the project, the expected benefits and the journey itself.

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VALA2002 Session 3 Mare

The integration of information services into an on-line environment

VALA2002 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: e-literacy
Wednesday 6 February 2002, 10:45 – 11:15
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Angela Mare and Suzanne Poulter

Holmesglen Institute of TAFE

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E-learning, now established as a permanent feature in the teaching landscape, has created long term effects for information professionals. As educational institutions grapple with developing new models of support for this new and growing group of students, so too do information professionals. To enable informed decisions, prepare library services and ensure appropriate support for teaching staff and students, information professionals need to have pertinent information in e-learning. To this end, the presenters of this paper visited libraries overseas to investigate the relationship of the new players within the electronic environment, the needs of the students and the role of the information professionals.

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VALA2002 Session 8 Morrow

EASY Does It: A Fresh Approach to Electronic Article Supply

VALA2002 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: e-content
Thursday 7 February 2002, 14:00 – 14:30
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Terry Morrow

BIDS Academic Services, Ingenta plc, UK

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This paper presents a progress report on a project which has been funded by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Known as EASY (Electronic Article SupplY), it adds an electronic delivery dimension to an existing traditional library loan system.

Key features of the system are the prices set for the articles and the distribution of income. Both publishers and libraries benefit from the system. Libraries pay essentially the same price for an electronically delivered article as they do for normal ILL delivery. And for the first time publishers who are taking part in the project get revenue from each electronic ILL.

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