Professional Reading Shelf Librarians
Source: The Virtual Chase Book Review: The Librarian
Oh no, here we go again. Thanks to Genie for letting us know about a NYT book review that has some (and incorrect) things to say about libraries and librarians. We're trying to stay calm after reading this, but it's tough.
-- Digital Archives
Source: National Lbrary of Australia The PANDORA Digital Archiving System (PANDAS)
A paper by Paul Koerbin, Supervisor, Digital Archiving Section, National Library of Australia presented at the 4th International Web Archiving Workshop on 16 September 2004 in Bath UK.
-- Translation
Source: NSF DG Research Team Is Developing a Digital Interpreter
"QUALEG is a classic example of the challenges Europe faces as it creates a multi-national federated system. The countries directly involved are Poland, France and Germany. That means integrating documents written in at least three languages, most likely four, since many European documents also have English versions. It means combining different legacy software as well. It is a where-do-you-start nightmare, as tricky as trying to re-fold a map in a convertible on the Autobahn. One of the first steps in the process is the creation of an ontology, a cross-lingual thesaurus that provides a thematic structure for all the terms one is likely to encounter. Ontologies need to be semantically sensitive: 'bank' near 'river' means something quite different from 'bank' near 'teller'."
-- Digital Libraries The October, 2004 Issue of Digital Libraries Magazine is Now Online
Articles include:
+ E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities
+ Visualizing Bibliographic Metadata - A Virtual (Book) Spine Viewer
+ An Orderly Retreat from the Big Deal: Is It Possible for Consortia?
-- Cataloging--Bibliography
Source: IFLA
Updated, FRBR Bibliography
37 pages; PDF.
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