Virtual shelves in a digital library: a framework for access to networked information sources.

Objective: Develop a framework for collections-based access to networked information sources that addresses the problem of location-dependent access to information sources.Design: This framework uses a metaphor of a virtual shelf. A virtual shelf is a general-purpose server that is dedicated to a pa...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 383 - 391
Autores principales: Patrick TB, Springer GK, Mitchell JA, Sievert ME, Patrick, T B, Springer, G K, Mitchell, J A, Sievert, M E
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Nov1995
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          Patrick TB
          Springer GK
          Mitchell JA
          Sievert ME
          Patrick, T B
          Springer, G K
          Mitchell, J A
          Sievert, M E
        affil: Medical Informatics Group, School of Library and Informational Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211, USA
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          Libraries, Electronic
          Library Classification
          Remote Access to Information
          Information Resources
          Internet
          Information Management
          Information Retrieval
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          Computer Communication Networks
      ab: Objective: Develop a framework for collections-based access to networked information sources that addresses the problem of location-dependent access to information sources.Design: This framework uses a metaphor of a virtual shelf. A virtual shelf is a general-purpose server that is dedicated to a particular information subject class. The identifier of one of these servers identifies its subject class. Location-independent call numbers are assigned to information sources. Call numbers are based on standard vocabulary codes. The call numbers are first mapped to the location-independent identifiers of virtual shelves. When access to an information resource is required, a location directory provides a second mapping of these location-independent server identifiers to actual network locations.Results: The framework has been implemented in two different systems. One system is based on the Open System Foundation/Distributed Computing Environment and the other is based on the World Wide Web.Conclusions: This framework applies in new ways traditional methods of library classification and cataloging. It is compatible with two traditional styles of selecting information searching and browsing. Traditional methods may be combined with new paradigms of information searching that will be able to take advantage of the special properties of digital information. Cooperation between the library-informational science community and the informatics community can provide a means for a continuing application of the knowledge and techniques of library science to the new problems of networked information sources.
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