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Title: Collection Description


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Collection Description
  • Pat Stevens
  • October 30, 2003

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Team members
  • Jenny Walker (Ex Libris)
  • Pat Stevens (OCLC, NISO Chair)
  • Andrew Black (Wiley)
  • Larry Dixson (LC)
  • Tim Shearer (UNC CH)
  • Christine Willig (netTrekker)
  • Paul Huf (Gaylord)
  • ..plus Andy Powell (UKOLN)

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Goal
  • Information, information everywhere
  • And not the drop I want to drink
  • Search engines dont have everything
  • Search all retrieves too much
  • How do I locate and use the hidden web
  • Integrate resource discovery into the users
    discovery process

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For all sides
  • Helping users find the best resources
  • What the library has licensed
  • Whats hidden in databases and special
    collections
  • Along with whats been indexed by search engines
  • Helping information providers -- like libraries
  • Highlight useful collections
  • Offer efficient access
  • Metadata is a great marketing device!
  • Make configuration easier even automatic

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Whats underneath
  • Support for three functions
  • Point,
  • Search and Point,
  • Search and Retrieve
  • Open exchange of
  • Collection description (what)
  • Service access description (how)
  • Requires
  • Metadata definitions for both entities
  • Schemas for exchange
  • Services for exchange

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Actions needed
  • Define entities and develop semantic descriptions
    for these
  • Develop schemas to support exchange of this
    information
  • Define service descriptions to support exchange

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Many related activities
  • JISC (Collections and Service Access)
  • ISO Library Directory Standards
  • Dublin Core (Collections)
  • ZING community ZeeRex, Z39.50 XML Explain
  • ISO ILL Directory (Collections and Service
    Access)
  • Digital Reference Standard (Collections and
    Service)
  • NCIP Implementers Group
  • EAD community
  • Digital Library Community (DLF)

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Recommendations to NISO
  • Joint working party with other players active in
    this arena
  • NISO and JISC host meeting to define short term
    action plan
  • 6 month and 12 month deliverables
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