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Examining the Core Values of Libraries Using the New Economic Model of Open Access

Based on Francis Heylighen's theory of new economic model of open access, this paper discusses the significance of open access to the core values of library in providing "universal and equitable access to information, ideas and works of imagination."…

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Lost in Translation: the Treatment of Chinese Classics in the Library of Congress Classification.

This paper describes the nature of the Chinese Classics
and the inappropriateness of classifying the collection as literature within the Library of Congress Classification scheme. The practical and philosophical reasons for the inadequacy of Library…

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Popular Periodicals in East Asia and Pacific Oceania

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Creating a Knowledge Map for the Research Lifecycle

Presented at the Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR) 2014 Workshop. Co-located with ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2014, 8th - 12th September 2014, London.

Tags: IST, Library services to researchers, ORC, Research lifecycle, Research services, Scholarly services, UCF

Position: 390 (428 views)

Bridging the Gap between Library Services in Academic Libraries Worldwide: A Visiting Librarian Model

This article discusses an experience of the University of Central Florida (UCF) Library when hosting a visiting librarian from Tongji University Library in Shanghai, China, in 2015. Unlike most other visiting programs in the U.S., UCF's hosting…

Tags: Comparative study, International collaboration, Knowledge base, Librarianship, Library outreach, Library services, Outreach services, Tongji, Tongji University Library, UCF, University of Central Florida Library, Visiting librarian, Visiting librarian model, Visiting scholars

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Beyond The OPAC: Creating Different Interfaces for Specialized Collections in an ILS System

Purpose - This paper aims to discuss the experiment in creating featured collection web sites from specialized data in the Voyager integrated library system (ILS). The specialized interfaces for different collections aim to offer flexible…

Tags: Bibliographic data, Collection management, Data presentation, Extensible Markup Language, Library database, Programming, Public interface, SQL query, Voyager ILS, WSU Libraries

Position: 275 (461 views)

Optimizing Workflow through Metadata Repurposing and Batch Processing

This article focuses on metadata repurposing and batch processing to improve cataloging workflow in a medium sized library. Some metadata repurposing cases at Wichita State University (WSU) Libraries are addressed, including transferring of an…

Tags: Darwin Core, DSpace batch import, Dublin Core Element Set, Excel, Google Summer of Code, MARC, MarcEdit, Metadata management, Metadata processing, Metadata repurposing, Metadata Workflow, Online Computer Library Center, SOAR, WSU Libraries

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Customized Mapping and Metadata Transfer from Dspace to OCLC to Improve ETD Work Flow

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present methods for customized mapping and metadata transfer from DSpace to Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), which aims to improve Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) work flow at libraries using…

Tags: Crosswalk, Dublin Core Element Set, MARC, MarcEdit, Metadata harvesting, Metadata management, Metadata mapping, Metadata processing, Metadata repurposing, Metadata Workflow, Online Computer Library Center, SOAR, Theses, Work flow, WSU Libraries, XML, XSLT

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Location and Shelf Mapping from OPAC Search Results: With Reference To Wichita State University

Purpose Ð The purpose of this paper is to examine dynamic mapping of holding locations to the animated maps in a library catalog which aims to resolve complex shelving situations, augment the user experience in locating library materials and enrich…

Tags: Cataloguing, Dynamic mapping, ILS, Location mapping, OPAC public interface, OPAC Search Results, Shelf mapping, SketchUp 3D, SQL query, WSU Libraries

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Dynamic Map Display in Web OPAC: An Experiment at Wichita State University Libraries

Adding more features to the web OPAC or making the Integrated Library Management Systems (ILMS) more compatible to external web services has been a tendency in recent years. Wichita State University (WSU) Libraries' Dynamic Map Project enriched the…