Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 2006

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 2006

President's column.(Library Bill of Rights)(Column)
March 1, 2006... As many of you know, there are often surprises that come along with an appointment to a committee or election to an office within ALA. On a committee, you may be a liaison to another committee or an interest group. Being elected LITA president...

Editorial: I keep my eyes wide open all the time.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... It's a Sunday morning--a little after 10 A.M. I'm on a crosscountry flight to Boston to attend the fall meeting of the ARL MetaLib Implementor's Group (playfully known as ARMPIG) chaired now by Roy Tennant. It must be time to write an ITAL...

Enriching traditional cataloging for improved access to information: Library of Congress tables of contents projects.
March 1, 2006... Traditionally, standard catalog records have provided bibliographic data that mostly address the basic features of library resources. At the same time, catalogs have offered access to these records through a limited array of names, titles,...

Medium-sized universities connect to their libraries: links on university home pages and user group pages.
March 1, 2006... From major tasks--such as recruitment of new students and staff--to the more mundane but equally important tasks--such as providing directions to campus--college and university Web sites perform a wide range of tasks for a varied assortment of...

The state of RFID applications in libraries.(Radio Frequency Identification technology)
March 1, 2006... The adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology by libraries promises a solution that could make it possible to inventory hundreds of thousands of items in their collections in days instead of months. In addition, it would...

WikiWikiWebs: new ways to communicate in a Web environment.(Communications)
March 1, 2006... This paper introduces WikiWikiWeb software, also known as Wiki, for use in library and information management contexts. Wikis provide an environment for Web-based collaboration and can also be used for Web site content management. The article...

Graphical table of contents for library collections: the application of universal decimal classification codes to subject maps.(Communications)
March 1, 2006... The representation of information content by graphical maps is an extended ongoing research topic. The objective of this article consists in verifying whether it is possible to create map displays using Universal Decimal Classification (UDC)...