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EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Content
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E-Science and Data Support Services
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August 19, 2010
This study draws on data from 57 of 123 ARL member libraries (a 46% response rate for the survey). Over 75% of survey respondents reported that their institution either provides infrastructure or…
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An Arbitrage Opportunity for Image Search and Retrieval
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June 2, 2009
A new paradigm for image search metadata collection is emerging exemplified by the Human Computation School's application of gaming principles to information science search challenges. In pa…
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Course Views: A Scalable Approach to Providing Course-Based Access to Library Resources
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March 30, 2009
The NCSU Libraries’ Course Views project, along with a locally developed widget web service, improves course-based access to library collections and services by dynamically generating library c…
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Special Collections in ARL Libraries: A Discussion Report from the ARL Working Group on Special Collections
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March 26, 2009
The ARL Working Group on Special Collections was charged by the Research, Teaching, and Learning Steering Committee in 2007 with advising it "on special collections issues on an ongoing basi…
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A Comparative Study of International Approaches to Enabling the Sharing of Research Data
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November 30, 2008
The current methods of storing research data are as diverse as the disciplines that generate them and are necessarily driven by the myriad ways in which researchers need to subsequently access an…
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Repurposing Open Source Software for Agile Digital Image Library Development
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October 16, 2008
In 2007, the University of West Florida Department of Digital and Learning Technologies was charged with the task of rapidly developing a digital image library focusing on the university'…
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The Future of Scholarly Communication: Building the Infrastructure for Cyberscholarship
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September 26, 2007
This is a report of a workshop held in Phoenix, Arizona April 17 to 19, 2007. The objective of the workshop was to build on the findings of recent Cyberinfrastructure reports ([ACLS], [CI]) to id…
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Repository Librarian and the Next Crusade: The Search for a Common Standard for Digital Repository Metadata
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January 1, 2006
"Metadata is an exceedingly broad category of information covering everything from an object's title and date of origin to information about layout, presentation, and rights. Within libra…
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Exploiting "Light-weight" Protocols and Open Source Tools to Implement Digital Library Collections and Services
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January 1, 2005
This article describes the design and implementation of two digital library collections and services using a number of "light-weight" protocols and open source tools. These protocols and …
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Descriptive Metadata for Copyright Status
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January 1, 2005
The need to express the intellectual property rights of digital materials has focused on access and usage permissions which must be granted by the rights holder. A key set of permissions not acknow…

















