Digital Libraries: Integrating Content and Systems

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Elsevier Science, Jun 30, 2006 - Business & Economics - 203 pages
The challenge of integration - the need for integration; problems; opportunities; Standards necessary for integration - general (communication, authentication, data interchange); library specific; emerging; Enabling technology - web servers; scripting languages; databases; data interchange technology; Authentication and security - obstacles to authentication; directory services; data, network and server security; Interfacing with integrated library systems - emerging ILS roles; data exchange and interoperability; Licensed electronic resource management - functions and examples of electronic resource management systems; Digital asset management - types and functions of digital asset management systems; integration of digital asset management systems; search integration of digital asset management system content; digital collection assessment and development; Integration with content providers - federated searching; resolvers; expanding role of search engines; Web portals - roles of a library web site; commercial vs. locally designed content management systems; usability; Positioning for the future - possibilities and limitations of planning; organizational structure and design of digital libraries; staff needed to build and support digital libraries; developing and maintaining the expertise to meet future challenges.

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Introduction 125
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Enabling technologies
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The role of standards in digital library integration
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Mark Dahl is Assistant Director for Systems and Access Services at Lewis & Clark College's Watzek Library in Portland, Oregon, USA. Kyle Banerjee is the Head of the Automated Systems Unit at the Oregon State Library in Salem, Oregon. Michael Spalti is Associate University Librarian for Systems at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.