During his talk he used a key term of blogging art: flow. Here, a browser tool may, for example, recognise an ISBN in a Web page and use that to search a library resource. When library patrons use Amazon's catalog to research what's in the library, they're creating flow through Amazon's site, and Bezos says he's all for that. I presume that the project will converge on a small number of terms so as to encourage participation and adoption by publishers and search engines alike.
Think of what happens, for example, if you combine article level data and catalogue data. In that context, the more we know about the characteristics of collections and how they compare becomes of more interest. I am submerged in several assignments and will not be able to look at it myself for a little while. However, in recent times we have seen growing interest in moving more strongly to the shared level.
Indeed, as off-site storage and mass digitization initiatives proceed apace, consideration of the 'aggregate' collection grows in importance.
Other areas are noted, including, fleetingly, library systems, but are not a main focus.
This is their favored response.
These are of course major issues for research libraries everywhere.
The model we propose here could be adopted and deployed at other institutions capable of implementing a similar lightweight web services interface to their library catalog. Congratulations Ross .
Indicative use cases are discussed. I had seen mention of it before but had not tried it.
And OCLC has been very active in this area with Open WorldCat, where member data is exposed to several search engines. The value of OhioLink as a state-wide catalogue is an example here. Historically, users have built their workflow around the services the library provides.
It makes interesting reading, especially because it is unusual to read materials in this area which have such a self-conscious policy, rather than technical, focus.
This is done for purposes of searching, browsing, discovery, translation, mapping, semantic reasoning, subject indexing and classification, harvesting, alerting etc. I will watch what happens with interest.
A service might provide a search of the collection, but other services may also be interesting, providing a list of new items for example.
What proportion of, say, Peoplesoft's revenues are accounted for by higher education? The academic library community does not have non commercial alternatives in a similar way.
org to present a selection of libraries close to your zip code. The latter they associate with a centrally managed model, often with dedicated funding. Indicative use cases are discussed.