Information Technology and Libraries articles from June 2005

Information Technology and Libraries archives from June 2005

Editorial: Editor Sings the Blues
June 1, 2005... I am discovering that the composition of a second editorial is hard work. I approached the editorial for the March issue, my first as the new editor of ITAL, with spirit and energy and enthusiasm. I was, to put it succinctly, full of myself....

What Is Usability in the Context of the Digital Library and How Can It Be Measured?
June 1, 2005... This paper reviews how usability has been defined in the context of the digital library, what methods have been applied and their applicability, and proposes an evaluation model and a suite of instruments for evaluating usability for academic...

The E-Rate Program and Libraries and Library Consortia, 2000-2004: Trends and Issues
June 1, 2005... The E-rate program has provided tremendous benefits to libraries, allowing many libraries and library systems to acquire technological equipment and services that would otherwise be too expensive, increasing the availability of public Internet...

Is the Current Way of Constructing Corporate Authority Records Still Useful?
June 1, 2005... Catalogers have been establishing corporate body name headings (and other entities) in their original language in the official form, as they appear most frequently on the title pages of publications for print publications, for many years. A...

FRBRization: A Method for Turning Online Public Finding Lists into Online Public Catalogs
June 1, 2005... In this article, problems users are having searching for known works in current online public access catalogs (OPACs) are summarized. A better understanding of AACR2R/MARC 21 authority, bibliographic, and holdings records would allow us to...