Information Technology and Libraries articles from September 2005

Information Technology and Libraries archives from September 2005

Editorial: bottom tech trends.
September 1, 2005... As I sit here on Memorial Day weekend laboring over this editorial that one or two of you (assuming that my wife is not my only reader) will read shortly after Labor Day (note to readers outside the U.S.: Memorial Day and Labor Day are U.S....

Crosswalking EAD: collaboration in archival description.
September 1, 2005... Different library departments must work together, both formally and informally, in implementing encoded archival description and in repackaging descriptive information about archival collections to other formats, particularly machine-readable...

Design considerations for multilingual Web sites.
September 1, 2005... The most powerful marketing, service, and information-distribution tool a library has today is its Web site, but providing Web content in many languages is complex. Before allocating scarce technical and financial resources, it is valuable to...

Document-management technology and acquisitions workflow: a case study in invoice processing.
September 1, 2005... Library acquisitions has moved from paper to online records for ordering and receiving, but the audit archive for invoices has remained largely paper based. Document-management technology (DMT) offers a solution to this condition. The authors...

I, librarian.
September 1, 2005... The fast and continuous technological change that is characteristic of the information society we find ourselves in has demonstrable impact on the way librarians go about their business. This paper offers a scenario of technological changes...

Building digital heritage with teamwork empowerment.
September 1, 2005... Building digital heritage requires substantial resources in materials, expertise, tools, and cost. Government and university projects are limited in the time and space they can devote to covering even a small part of the world's heritage. The...

To the benefit of both: academic librarians connect with middle school teachers through a digitized history resources workshop.(Communications)
September 1, 2005... A workshop sponsored by the North Carolina Collection at East Carolina University to familiarize middle school teachers with the Eastern Carolina Digital History Exhibits and provide lesson plans for the site revealed (1) the need for teachers...

Project-management tools for libraries: a planning and implementation model using Microsoft Project 2000.(Communications)
September 1, 2005... This paper discusses how Microsoft Project 2000 was utilized at the University of Central Florida Libraries to manage an e-reference implementation project. As libraries today adopt more information technologies, efficiently managing projects...