INLS 235

Day 11

4/2/2003

Discussion of Dr. Hewitt’s presentation

1. One minute papers

Points

Various sustainability models: public good, subscription, pay-per-view

Metadata gets watered down to DC to support interoperation (especially topical descriptors)

Questions

Is there a limit to how much metadata is useful?

Will the WWW become a DL of DLs via specialized portals?

Other than ACM, how are real-world DLs used? [Perseus, OV examples]

What are the corporate DL applications?

DL, archive, repository, depository, etc…?

2. Documenting the American South: guest lecture by Natasha Smith

3. DL Examples

12. Indiana U DL: Anne Bauers

13. Everglades: Kristy Irvin

14. Biblioteque Nationale de France: Ana Moutinho

15. NY Public Library: Sarah Snow

16. State Hermitage Museum of Russia: Nan Wang

4. Readings for next meeting

1. Entlich, R., Garson, L., Lesk, M., Normore, L. Olsen, J. & Weibel, S. Testing a digital library: User response to the CORE Project, Library Hi Tech, 14(4), 99-118, 1996.

2. Marchionini, G. Evaluating Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifaceted View Library Trends, Fall 2000 vol 49(2), p. 304-333. http://ils.unc.edu/~march/perseus/lib-trends-final.pdf

5. One-minute paper

What was the main point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?