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D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Laurence Lannom |
Editorial We feature an extensive consideration of contextual metadata for cultural objects, visual interfaces for cultural heritage collections, the infrastructure needed to build upon and leverage open access and more.   |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Joan E. Beaudoin |
Context and Its Role in the Digital Preservation of Cultural Objects In discussions surrounding digital preservation, context -- those properties of an object related to its creation and preservation that make the object's origins, composition, and purpose clear -- has been identified as a critical aspect of preservation metadata. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Joan Beaudoin |
A Framework for Contextual Metadata Used in the Digital Preservation of Cultural Objects Contextual information is fundamental to understanding many aspects about digital content. The framework presented here was developed to accommodate recording this critical information. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Algee et al. |
Viewshare and the Kress Collection: Creating, Sharing, and Rapidly Prototyping Visual Interfaces to Cultural Heritage Collection Data Viewshare is a free, open-source visualization platform developed by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress and its partners. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Knoth & Zdrahal |
CORE: Three Access Levels to Underpin Open Access We present the CORE (COnnecting REpositories) system, a large-scale Open Access aggregation, outlining its existing functionality and discussing the future technical development. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Fleet et al. |
Georeferencer: Crowdsourced Georeferencing for Map Library Collections The Georeferencer application is a collaborative online project allowing crowdsourced georeferencing of map images. It builds upon a number of related technologies that use existing zoomable images from library web servers. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Zarro & Hall |
Exploring Social Curation This work investigates social curating activities on the website Pinterest, and relates them to digital libraries. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Tomasz Neugebauer |
Report on the 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing: Social Shaping of Digital Publishing The Conference on Electronic Publishing has provided a valuable venue for the exchange of ideas between librarians, computer scientists, publishers and others since it was first organized in 1997. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2012
Poole et al. |
CurateGear: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections CurateGear: Enabling the Curation of Digital Collections took place on January 6, 2012, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was a highly interactive, day-long event focusing on digital curation tools and methods, involving presentations and demonstrations by a variety of experts. |
Information Today
November 15, 2012
Abby Clobridge |
Berlin 10 Open Access Conference Recap As open access and other "open" movements become more of a part of the mainstream consciousness, conversations surrounding OA continue to evolve. How do we move past the legacies of the print publication world and what is a journal in today's environment? |
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