The “Levels of Digital Preservation” being refined now by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA), is a tiered set of recommendations on how organizations should begin to build or enhance their digital preservation activities. A work in progress, it is intended to be a relatively easy-to-use set of guidelines useful not only for those just beginning to think about preserving their digi...

In 2008, Nicholas Carr published a provocative article titled “Is Google making us stupid?” in which he ponders the effect of the internet and electronic sources generally on the brain. This paper discusses one source specifically, e-books, and explores whether libraries are acting wisely by moving from print to electronic book collections. The topic is considered from the vantage point of the ...

Traditional library cataloging records in the United States, based on AACR2R cataloging rules and MARC standards, constitute a solid foundation for many of the descriptive metadata elements needed for searching and retrieving works of music. However, there are significant weaknesses associated with these records and the online environment in which they live as users seek access to digitized rep...

Interlibrary loan has traditionally been the main access to information beyond the individual library collection. The increase in access to document delivery services and full-text databases, however, has created the need to evaluate interlibrary loan services within the overall access environment. One of the most important factors in this evaluation concerns thc cost to provide interlibrary lo...

Funded by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the ECHO DEPository Project supports the digital preservation efforts of the Library of Congress by contributing research and software to help society GET, SAVE, and KEEP its digital cultural heritage. Project activities include building Web archiving tools, evaluating existing repository software, deve...

This paper presents the approach and first results of the classification mapping process in the EU project Renardus. The outcome in Renardus is a cross-browsing feature based on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and improved subject searching across distributed and heterogeneous European subject gateways. The paper presents the project's initial experiences and decisions, e.g. an investiga...

The University of Kansas (KU) Libraries first made their discovery tool, Primo (Ex Libris), available to their users in the fall of 2013. Since that time, in spite of many upgrades and improvements, most librarians and library staff are still not using the tool for their own research. Last year, librarians from KU presented their findings at the Charleston Conference using a survey given to KU ...

OVERTHE PAST TWENTY YEARS, ACADEMIC COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT specialists have dealt with dramatic changes, brought about by decreasing purchasing power and the growing importance of electronic resources. Throughout this period, collection managers have rethought their efforts and revised criteria for the selection of materials in new formats while also maintaining traditional collections. Looking...

The Internet Public Library (IPL) is crosswalking its metadata to Dublin Core compliant metadata. This involves several research activities, including: quantitative and qualitative analyses of the existing IPL metadata; the creation of a new IPL metadata schema as an application profile of Dublin core; the development of a new database structure; and the development and testing of a new metadat...

LEADERSHIP COMMVNITY is vitally important in the wake of WITHIN THE L I B R ~ Y continual technological developments, recurrent budgetary shortfalls, and the fluidity of the job market for library professionals. Libraries must identi9 and foster the inherent personal characteristics and skills considered most relevant for leadership in the field of information management. Professional library a...