Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 2002

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 2002

Guest editorial: balancing the playing field.(dialogue on library reference service software development)(Brief Article)(Column)(Editorial)
March 1, 2002... As a member of the University of Arizona's Digital Library Initiative, I see exciting and new developments in library technology, services, and software. Virtual reference services, library portals, electronic reserves, e-books, the Semantic...

Open source software: a history.(operating systems evolution)
March 1, 2002... In the thirty years from 1970 to 2000, open source software (OSS) began as an assumption without a name or a clear alternative. It has evolved into a sophisticated movement that has produced some of the most stable and widely used software...

Possibilities for open source software in libraries.(dialogue)(Critical Essay)(Bibliography)
March 1, 2002... This short essay, based on a presentation given at the 2001 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, enumerates a number of possibilities for open source software (OSS) in libraries and how it can be leveraged to provide better and...

The open source ILS: still only a distant possibility.(Integrated Library System)
March 1, 2002... One of my main professional interests involves following the library automation industry. I maintain a Web site devoted to this topic and regularly write about the companies and systems that comprise this arena. So it is with great interest...

MARC it your way: MARC.pm.(library cataloging software)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... MARC.pm (http://marcpm.sourceforge.net) is a piece of open source software (OSS) developed by librarians for librarians. In this article you will find a description of what exactly MARC.pm is, followed by a series of descriptive pieces written...

The EOR toolkit: an open source solution for RDF metadata.(Extensible Open RDF and Resource Description Framework, Library Reference and the Internet)
March 1, 2002... Despite its unprecedented growth in popularity, the Web has failed to live up to expectations regarding its usefulness as a research tool. Technology has not kept pace with the growing number of Web sites. Libraries, the recognized experts in...

Open source, open standards.(Library services and the Internet)
March 1, 2002... When people speak of open source software they are referring to computer code--programs that run. But code is only the final step in the information technology process. Prior to writing code the information technology professional must do...

ProCite 5.0.(bibliography software, Reference Manager 5.0 by ISI Researchers Inc.)(Evaluation)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... ProCite 5.0. 2141 Palomar Airport Rd., Ste. 350 Carlsbad, CA 92009 1-800-722-1227 info@isiresearchsoft.com Price: Full retail version $395.95, students $109.95, single-use upgrade $99.95. System requirements: Microsoft Windows...