Information Technology and Libraries articles from June 2004

Information Technology and Libraries archives from June 2004

Issues in URL management for digital collections.(uniform resource locator)
June 1, 2004... As library holdings evolve from print-based to hybrid collections that also encompass networked digital materials on the Web, uniform resource locator (URL) management has become a defining feature of the access to library resources. This...

A library's integrated online library system: assessment and new hardware implementation.
June 1, 2004... For more than a decade, a consortium of academic libraries in southern Nevada has shared a central integrated online library system (IOLS), Innovative Interfaces' Innopac (Innovative when referring to the vendor, Innopac when referring to the...

The effect of search engine keyword choice and demographic features on internet searching success.
June 1, 2004... The objective of this project was to determine the effect of keyword choice and demographic features on Internet searching success through empirical research. An experiment was done with 1,109 learners, spread across forty-six institutes of...

Competition, technology, and planning: preparing for tomorrow's library environment.(Communications)
June 1, 2004... Librarians generally are not used to thinking in terms of competitive environments, yet we live in them all the same. The late twentieth-century standard business model for analyzing competitive forces faced by firms was presented by Porter in...

Digital music project at Winona State University.(Communications)
June 1, 2004... In 2001 Winona State University Library (WSUL) began a digital music project to enhance access for students and faculty to the music CDs held at the library. This article examines other digital music models and details the steps in cataloging...

A conceptual framework for gateways.(Communications)
June 1, 2004... The complexity of today's information environment is resulting in the creation of unified front ends to library resources called gateways. A gateway consists of a set of interrelated tools that enables library users to identify and locate...

Index maps for the digital age.
June 1, 2004... Bibliographic tools providing access to map sets typically lag behind those created for other library resources. In order to improve access to information about map sets, an online index maps project was completed. The online index map provides...

Spidering Hacks: one hundred industrial-strength tips and tools.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... By Kevin Hemenway and Tara Calishain. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly, 2004. 402p. $24.95 (ISBN 0-596-00577-6). O'Reilly, the premier publisher of computer technical books, has originated a new series of books, the Hacks. Defining a hack as...