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