Developments in Libraries and related sectors Paul Miller UK Interoperability Focus <P. Miller@ukoln. ac. uk> <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop–focus/> 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
Information Environments • Include… Archives Cultural Heritage Sector museums, art galleries, heritage agencies Libraries both ‘traditional’ and ‘hybrid’ ‘Living Resources’ Reuters news feed, live stock data, the Mars Pathfinder site etc. 2 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
Accessing Information Environments • …but getting at them isn’t always easy. . . 3 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
Smoothing the Path • Adoption of standards helps… • consistent description of resources – helps curators curate and finders find • consistent, replicable, access mechanisms – encourage repeat visits, and allow ‘clumping’ • adoption of extra–community initiatives – reduce duplication of effort, and enhance the D(I)NER for all…. 4 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
On the Information Superhighway • Information on the Internet can be available to all. . . Arts & Humanities Data Service <prospero. ahds. ac. uk: 8080/ahds_live/> National Monuments Record of Scotland <www. rcahms. gov. uk/canmore. html> COPAC unified library catalogue <www. copac. uk/copac/> National Register of Archives <www. hmc. gov. uk/nra. htm> BBC News <www. news. bbc. co. uk/>. 5 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
A selection of building blocks • Archives ISAD(G) — General International Standard Archival Description <www. archives. ca/ica/cds/isad(g)e. html> EAD — Encoded Archival Description <www. loc. gov/ead/>. 6 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
A selection of building blocks • Cultural Heritage Sector SPECTRUM <www. open. gov. uk/mdocassn/spectrum. htm> CIMI Profile <www. cimi. org/products/cimi_products. html> ICOM/CIDOC Core Data Standard <www. natmus. min. dk/cidoc/archsite/coredata/ archst 0. htm> Controlled terminologies and thesauri e. g. <www. gii. getty. edu/vocabulary/>. 7 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
A selection of building blocks • Libraries MARC <www. loc. gov/marc/> Z 39. 50 <www. loc. gov/z 3950/agency/> ISO ILL <www. nlc-bnc. ca/iso/ill/standard. htm> IFLA Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records <www. ifla. org/>. 8 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
A selection of building blocks • Cross–sectoral IMS <mic 8. hensa. ac. uk/mirrors/ims-project/> Dublin Core <purl. org/dc/> Resource Description Framework (RDF) <www. w 3. org/RDF/> …and, increasingly, Z 39. 50 <www. loc. gov/z 3950/agency/>. 9 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
Don’t forget. . . • Consistent application of standards for data recording, description and dissemination is only part of the picture • You also need: – Intra–/Inter–discipline agreement on; – what to make available – how to disseminate it – why it is being made available at all – effective integration into (often remote) teaching/learning environment – effective delivery of support – A product that people want! 10 1999 -01 -28 <URL: www. ukoln. ac. uk/interop-focus/>
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