LIBRES: Library and
Information Science Research
Electronic Journal ISSN 1058-6768
2000 Volume 10 Issue 1; March
Bi-Annual LIBRES10N1 NEWS
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION
MARCH 2000 issue
Editorial note:
This section contains items culled from various Internet news services,
discussion lists and other announcements.
Unless specifically noted, I have not visited the sites, used any of the
software, reviewed the literature, or written the news items. I present this digest to you in good faith
but cannot vouch for the accuracy of its content.
Kerry Smith
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ASIS INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 13:01:16 -0000
Subject: ASIS SIGIII/ INTERNATIONAL STUENT- PAPER COMPETITION
From: "Cano, Virginia" <VCano@QMUC.ac.uk>
To: "'LIS-FID@MAILBASE.AC.UK'" <LIS-FID@mailbase.ac.uk>
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST
ON
DIGITAL LIBRARY OR INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The American Society for Information Science (ASIS), International
Information Issues Special Interest Group, is holding a competition for
papers to be submitted for the Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, 13-16
November 2000.
The theme is:
"Practical collaborative applications of digital library or
information
science and technology in advancing communications, information and
knowledge in the developing world."
The paper topic could be at the country or regional level, and could
include
projects supported by government, non government organizations,
international organizations, professional associations and/or academic
institutions. Papers could
present practical experiences in areas such as,
but not limited to, the following: development of electronic resources
across networks, cooperative projects to avoid duplication of efforts,
sharing of resources between information institutions and providers,
bringing access to information to distant and disadvantaged
communities.
There will be six winners. Winners
will be selected by a panel of judges,
consisting of Dr. Trudi Bellardo, Hahn, University of Maryland; Dr.
Ben-Ami
Lipetz, State University of New
York at Albany; and Dr. Bahaa El Hadidy,
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida. The prize for each
winner
is a two-year individual membership in ASIS. In the case of multiple
authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS membership.
Paper presentation
Winning papers will be presented at a Conference Session, moderated by
Nathalie Leroy, Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations. Discussion
leader
will be Ms Sylvia Piggott, of the Joint World Bank-International
Monetary
Fund Library, Washington, D.C. If winners cannot attend the Conference,
their paper will be read on their behalf by an ASIS member.
Other publishing opportunities
Submitted papers will be considered for posting on the SIG III web site
as
pre-publications. In addition
they will also be considered for inclusion in
the ASIS Bulletin, based on the decision of Editor-in-Chief, Irene
Travis,
Ph.D. Papers will also be reviewed for inclusion in a special issue of
the
International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer
refereeing process.
Information for authors
Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of a developing
country
are eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and in
English. We
encourage submissions from librarians, information and network
specialists,
and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance,
exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information.
ASIS Copyright Policy
ASIS will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers
submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other
rights
remaining with the author.
Deadline for submission of full papers
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 6000 words, by
August 31, 2000.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers electronically. For more
information
or to submit manuscripts, please contact Nathalie Leroy by e-mail at
the
following address: leroyn@un.org
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:23:52 +0100
From: "GreyNet" <Dominic.Farace@inter.NL.net>
To: "GreyNet Distribution List"
<Dominic.Farace@inter.NL.net>
Subject: Launch of GL-Compendium Gateway
Amsterdam, 14 March
2000
RE| GL-Compendium, A Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections
http://www.mcbup.com/glc
Dear Colleague,
Today marks a milestone both for GreyNet and for the entire field of
Grey Literature.
Today librarians and information workers worldwide can log onto the
Internet and within minutes, they can submit details of their special
collections of grey literature. In so doing, they will create global
awareness of their collections of reports, dissertations, preprints,
working papers, country profiles, research memoranda, feasibility
studies, among the 100's of other types of grey literature both in
print and electronic format.
These same librarians, documentalists, and archivists on all levels
of government, academics, business and industry will now be able to
promote their collections of grey literature to all internet users for
direct search, access, and retrieval.
If you have a collection(s) of grey literature, please take a moment
to visit the new GL-Compendium Gateway, http://www.mcbup.com/glc
Your contribution to this unique, netbased resource is appreciated!
With kind regards,
Dominic Farace
P.S. If you do not yet hold GreyNet Membership, I invite you to join us
today!
http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/membership.htm
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Dr. Dominic John Farace
Head of GreyNet
Grey Literature Network Service
Koninginneweg 201
1075 CR Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Tel/Fax : 31-20-671.1818
Email : greynet@inter.nl.net
URL : http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet
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PROJECTS
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999
15:38:04 +0100
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From: Josche Neven
<josche.neven@IFLA.NL>
Subject: IFLA Projects 2000
Approved Projects for IFLA's Professional year 2000
During its recent meeting the Professional Board decided to support the
following projects.
More information on IFLA's Professional Groups, which carry out the
projects, can be found at www.ifla.org.
Information Materials in Spanish
A two-year project where the aim is to locate relevant resources in
Spanish around the world and to add them to an already established IFLA/URL
web-site for information literacy materials. The project will include
negotiation for public availability of translations. The project results will
include a model for information literacy programmes. The focus will be on the
needs of University and Research Libraries.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on University Libraries and other General Research Libraries
Winston Tabb
Library of Congress
Tel: +1-202-7076240
Washington DC 20540-4000
Fax: +1-202-7076269
USA
E-mail: wtab@loc.gov
Information Technology in Public Libraries
A feasibility study to prepare recommendations on the use of
Information Technology in Public Libraries including the development of
Computer Literacy among library users.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Public Libraries
Ms. Barbara Clubb
Ottawa Public Library
120 Metcalf Street
Tel: +1-613-5984001
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M2 Fax: +1-613-5648815
Canada E-mail:
clubbb@opl.ottawa.on.ca
Public Libraries and Lifelong Learning
The project involves information gathering and analysis of best
practices examples to develop and prepare the public libraries' role in the
lifelong learning process.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Public Libraries
Britt Marie Häggström
DIK-Association
Box 760 Tel:
+46-8-4662402
S-131 24 NACKA Fax:
+46-8-4662424
Sweden E-mail:
bmha.dik@akademikerhuset.se
Translations of the Guidelines for Services to Deaf People
A revised version of the Guidelines for Services to Deaf People will
soon be finished. The revised version will be translated into all IFLA working
languages.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons
J.M. Day
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Tel: +1-202-6515231
Washington DC 20002 Fax:
+1-202-6515213
USA E-mail:
john.day@gallaudet.edu
Guidelines for Library Services to Dyslexic Persons
The section on Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons has recognized
the need of dyslexics and people with reading difficulties for specialised
library services and medias suitable for dyslexics. The target group for the
guidelines are mainly public libraries and school libraries.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons
J.M. Day
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Tel: +1-202-6515231
Washington DC 20002 Fax:
+1-202-6515213
USA E-mail:
john.day@gallaudet.edu
The School Library-Principal Relationship: Guidelines for Research and
Practice
This publication is a technical report of the Section on School
Libraries and Resource Centres project 'Principals and School Libraries working
within an information-literate School Community', of particular interest to
school librarians and principals and to researchers.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on School Libraries and Recource Centres
Glenys Willars
Leicester Libraries and Information Service
Rothley Crossroads,
Tel: +44-116-2678008
929/931 Loughborough Road, Rothley Fax: +44-116-2648039
Leicester LE7 7NH
E-mail: gwillars@leics.gov.uk
UK
Revision of the Resource Book for Interlending
Changes in the recent past, particularly the increase in digital
transmission of documents require a revision of the book by Winnie Vitzansky and
Bruce Massis, which was published originally in 1992.
For more information on this project contact:
R.N. Tucker
FORCE Foundation
Huijgensstraat 9a Tel: +31-70-3097698
2515 DB The Hague Fax:
+31-70-3097699
Netherlands E-mail: dtucker@f-force.nl
Multicultural Service to Children and Young Adults
A seminar adapted to the multicultural situation in Israel, the
diversity of the community, literacy, publishing and especially to sensitize
librarians on the multicultural services.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations
Souad Hubert
Bibliothèque Publique d'Information
Centre G. Pompidou, 19 Rue Beaubourg Tel: +33-1-44784527
75197 PARIS Cedex 04
Fax: +33-1-44781215
France
E-mail: hubert@bpi.fr
Telling Mobile Libraries' Stories
A workshop to begin collecting data to support the writing of a history
of mobile libraries.
For more information on this project contact:
Round Table on Mobile Libraries
Thelma H. Tate
New Brunswick Libraries, Rutgers University
169 College Avenue
Tel: +1-732-937-129/133
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Fax: +1-732-9321-101
USA E-mail: ttate@rci.rutgers.edu
Effective Bibliographic Services
Using the criteria recommended by the International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS),
this project will identify those national bibliographies which meet these
standards in order to commend them and to promote them as examples for others.
A determination of those national bibliographies which do not meet those
criteria would enable the Section to offer suggestions and assistance for
improvement to agencies responsible for them.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Bibliography
Werner Stephan
Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart
Postfach 104941 Tel: +49-711-1212-222
D-70043 Stuttgart Fax:
+49-711-1213-502
Germany E-mail:
werner.stephan@ub.uni-stuttgart.de
IT Training Needs Assessment in Developing Countries
It has been noted that especially in those countries where Internet
connections are just built up or are only available at high-level educational
institutions, IT training for librarians has not yet been developed to the
extent needed. Therefore the Section will carry out a needs assessment and
establish a Database for IT Training available in these areas or via Distance
Learning.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Information Technology
Diann Rusch-Feja
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94 Tel:
+49-30-82406230
D-14195 Belin Fax:
+49-30-8249939
Germany E-mail:
rushfeja@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
GUI Icon Standards Phase IV
Publication and promotion of the developed Standard Set of Icons and
negotiation with Standards Bodies about implementation.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Information Technology
Yuri Hohlov
Institute of the Information Society - Russia
P.O. Box 189 Tel:
+7-095-2071242
103009 Moscow
Fax: +7-095-2071242
Russian Federation
E-mail: hohlov@iis.ru
The Status of Copyright and Legal Deposit regarding AVM in
Spanish-speaking Countries.
The Section will carry out a study for this 1-year project to identify
the status of copyright and legal deposit regarding Audiovisual and Multimedia
in Spanish-speaking countries.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Audiovisual and Multimedia
Bibbi Anderson
Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, TPB
Sandsborgsvägen 52 Tel:
+46-8-399350
SE-122 88 ENSKEDE Fax:
+46-8-6599467
Sweden E-mail:
bibbi.andersson@tpb.se
Developing Librarians as Managers
As investigation into the teaching of management and statistics in
first qualification courses in librarianship (in collaboration with the Section
on Education and Training and the Section on Statistics).
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Management & Marketing
Réjean Savard
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l´information
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale A
Tel. +1-514-343-7408
Montréal (Quebec), H3C 3J7
Fax +1-514-343-5753
Canada E-mail: savardr@ere.umontreal.ca
Education and Research for Marketing and Quality Management in
Libraries
Satellite Meeting of educators, researchers and practitioners
(especially from developing countries) to discuss how to promote the education
of librarians in marketing and quality management.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Management & Marketing
Réjean Savard
École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l´information
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale A
Tel. +1-514-343-7408
Montréal (Quebec), H3C 3J7
Fax +1-514-343-5753
Canada
E-mail: savardr@ere.umontreal.ca
Library Programmes for Promotion of Literacy
Workshop at Jerusalem with a follow-up at Boston to prepare Guidelines
for Literacy Projects in Libraries.
For more information on this project contact:
Section on Reading
Adèle Fasick
1386 28th Avenue
Tel: +1-415-5643096
San Francisco, CA 94122 Fax: +1-415-5643096
USA E-mail:
amfasick@crl .com
Study of LIS Journals
A study of the leading and best known LIS journals as a way to share
their methods with other journals. A study and follow-up document on the
Asia-Pacific Region.
For more information on this project contact:
Round Table on Library and Information Science Journals (formerly Round
Table of Editors of Library Journals)
Ludmila Kozlova
Russian State Library
Vozdvizhenka 3/5 Tel:
+7-095-202-3565/1427
101 000 Moscow Fax:
+7-095-200-2255 / +7-095-913-6933
Russian Federation E-mail:
mbs@rsl.ru / irgb@glas.apc.org
Baseline Data for the Development of Libraries, Librarianship and
Information Services in the Asia/Oceania Region.
Develop a database on vital statistics related to libraries,
librarianship and information services in the Asia/Oceania region.
For more information on this project contact:
Rashidah Begum
Library, University Sains Malaysia
11800 Minden Tel:
+60-4-6585518
Penang Fax: +60-4-6571426
Malaysia E-mail:
rashidah@usm.my
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Ms. Josche Neven
IFLA Communications and Project Officer
IFLA Headquarters
P.O. Box 95312 Prins
Willem-Alexanderhof 5
2509 CH The Hague, The
Netherlands
Tel: +31-70-314 0884 Fax:
+31-70-383 4827
E-mail: josche.neven@ifla.org
Internet: www.ifla.org
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000
16:37:43 +0000
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From: Sara Gould
<Sara.Gould@MAIL.BL.UK>
Subject: New Publication
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* NEW PUBLICATION FROM THE
IFLA OFFICE AT BOSTON SPA *
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THE DIGITAL LIBRARY.
CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Proceedings of an
International Conference held in Bologna, Italy,
June 1999
Edited by Pauline Connolly
and Denis Reidy
The papers presented at
this conference closely examine different
aspects of the problems
encountered in creating a digital library. The
experiences of libraries in
both Italy and the United Kingdom are
shared and the importance
of co-operation is stressed. Topics covered
by the papers are
copyright, electronic publishing, standards and
protocols and electronic
document delivery. In addition, some digital
library projects and
practical case studies are described.
The proceedings are
published in English but also include Italian
abstracts and contents
pages.
Price £20.00 sterling ISBN 09532439 7 4
To order a copy please
complete the order form below or contact
Richard Ebdon at the UAP
Office
Tel: +44 1937 546124
Fax: +44 1937 546478
Email: richard.ebdon@bl.uk
IFLA Offices for UAP and
International Lending c/o The British Library
Boston Spa, Wetherby
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION COMMISSION (UK)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:07:36 +0100
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
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LIC IN SUCCESSFUL
EUROPEAN BID
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The Library and
Information Commission is part of a pan-European
consortium that has
successfully won funding for a proposal submitted
under the European
Commission's Information Society Technologies
(IST) Programme.
Thirteen partners will be involved in the
three-year
CULTIVATE-EU measure. For full press release go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/991011.html
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Two new grants awarded
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1.Enhancing access to
library based ICT services for visually
impaired people.
Go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/visualaccess.html
2
Go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/coopproj.html
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Three new reports
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1. Survey of secondary
school library users
The findings of this
report will be of interest to school
librarians and
teacher-librarians who are developing services,
and to all secondary
school managers who want their school
library to contribute
more to the teaching/learning process.
Issues investigated
were: access to the library; library services
used, and frequency of
use; use related to the school curriculum;
reading for pleasure;
success in finding books and information;
use of automated
information sources; the role of library staff,
including induction
training; use of school and public libraries,
and books in the home.
2. Average prices of
British academic books: January to June 1999
The report continues
the statistics of British academic book
prices derived from
the Blackwell's (UK) primary subject coverage
database, which began
with a base of July to December 1984.
3. Average prices of USA academic books: January to June 1999
The report uses data
supplied by Blackwell's (NA) from their
primary subject
coverage database and provides statistics on the
average price of USA academic
books.
See:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/researchreports/index.html
All three reports
available from:
Publications Section
LISU
Loughborough
University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
Tel: 01509 223071
Fax: 01509 223072
Email:
lisu@lboro.ac.uk
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:10:21 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
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New Response
______________________________________________________________________
New Opportunities Fund
consultation document Community Access to
Lifelong Learning
The LIC response will be
found at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/callresp.html
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New Project
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A system for music
information retrieval of encoded music (MuTaTeD 2)
For more details see:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/ir-curpj.html
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Two New Publications
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1.
LISU Annual Library
Statistics 1999
by Claire Creaser and
Alison Murphy
LIC research report 21
This annual volume
summarises trends in provision and performance of
libraries throughout the
UK. It draws together data of interest to
librarians and library
managers from a wide range of sources. The 1999
edition features trend
analyses of public and academic libraries from
1988 to 1998, and includes
summaries of the most recently available
statistics on further
education libraries, school libraries, the
national libraries, and
libraries in the workplace. This report
presents the most
comprehensive set of data available covering all
library sectors in the UK.
It is an invaluable resource for those
involved with libraries at
all levels - from practitioners
concerned with the day to
day operations of their libraries and
information centres to
policy makers charged with strategic planning
for the future.
(Available from from:
Publications Section,LISU,Loughborough
University,
Loughborough,LE11 3TU, Tel:01509 223071 priced
£32-00)
2.
READINESS: Research and development in networking subject services
By EARL: the consortium for
public library networking
LIC research report 3
This two year project
investigated the needs and procedures for the
development of networked
subject based services by UK public
libraries. The objectives
of the project were to research the content
requirements and the
technical delivery options, the management
structures for
collaborative development, issues of implementation,
and the potential for
future funding, of electronic services delivered
from public libraries on a
national scale. READINESS provides an
essential and timely
understanding of ways in which this pattern of
work on a national scale
can be effective to develop future
professional services. The
commitment by public libraries to this mode
of working is essential, if
the public library network is to be
delivered effectively.
(Available from: British
Thesis Service, The British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa,
Wetherby,West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
tel: +44 (0) 1937 546229
price £12-00)
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/researchreports/index.html
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:14:21 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
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Forthcoming Conference
______________________________________________________________________
Keystone for the
Information Age
The LIC is to collaborate
with the British Council and the Library
Association on a major
international conference, to be held at the
British Library on 16/17
March 2000, to raise awareness of how a
coherent National
Information Policy framework can help the
development of the UK as an
information society and knowledge economy.
More details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/news/991102.html
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New Response
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LIC responds to New
Opportunities Fund consultation document on
Community Access to
Lifelong Learning
The LIC response to the NOF
consultation document on the CALL
initiative welcomes the
inclusion of the People's Network as one of
its three priorities,
points out that there is overlap between the
three funding streams that
CALL will cover, suggests that an
integrated approach will be
needed, and explains that public libraries
are well placed to provide
services relating to all three streams.
Full text at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/callresp.html
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Four New Grants Awarded
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A system for music
information retrieval of encoded music (MuTaTeD 2)
Details at
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/ir-curpj.html
Evaluation of content-based
image retrieval in an operational setting
Details at
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/ir-curpj.html
Best Practice Manual
LIC project in partnership
with Share the Vision (STV)
Details at
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/visualaccess.html
Valuing our recorded
heritage
Details at
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/presproj.html
______________________________________________________________________
Two New Publications
______________________________________________________________________
LISU Annual Library
Statistics
by Claire Creaser and
Alison Murphy
LIC research report 21
This annual volume
summarises trends in provision and performance of
libraries throughout the
UK. It draws together data of interest to
librarians and library
managers from a wide range of sources. The
1999 edition features trend
analyses of public and academic
libraries from 1988 to
1998, and includes summaries of the most
recently available
statistics on further education libraries, school
libraries, the national
libraries, and libraries in the workplace.
This report presents the
most comprehensive set of data available
covering all library
sectors in the UK. It is an invaluable resource
for those involved with
libraries at all levels - from practitioners
concerned with the day to
day operations of their libraries and information
centres to policy makers
charged with strategic planning for the future.
PRICE £32-00
AVAILABLE FROM:
Publications Section,LISU,Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
Tel: 01509 223071, Fax:
01509 223072,Email: lisu@lboro.ac.uk
READINESS: Research and
development in networking subject services By EARL:
the consortium for public
library networking
LIC research report 3
This two year project investigated
the needs and procedures for the
development of networked
subject based services by UK public
libraries. The objectives
of the project were to research the content
requirements and the
technical delivery options, the management
structures for
collaborative development, issues of implementation,
and the potential for
future funding, of electronic services delivered
from public libraries on a
national scale. READINESS provides an
essential and timely understanding
of ways in which this pattern of
work on a national scale
can be effective to develop future
professional services. The
commitment by public libraries to this mode
of working is essential, if
the public library network is to be
delivered effectively.
PRICE £12-00
AVAILABLE FROM: British
Thesis Service, The British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa,
Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
tel: +44 (0) 1937 546229,
fax: +44 (0)1937 546286
email:
dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:01:10 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
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New Response
______________________________________________________________________
LIC responds to OFTEL consultation
document Connecting Public
Institutions
The LIC response has
welcomed the special tariffs proposed by BT for
public libraries and other
public institutions, and suggests that all
but the smallest libraries
will require a minimum of a 2mb leased
line, with possibly only a
low take-up of ISDN2, and no-one likely to
wish to use PSTN for very
long.
Full response at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/oftel.html
______________________________________________________________________
Information Retrieval
Research: results of the call for proposals
______________________________________________________________________
Concept-based Interactive
Query Expansion Support Tool (CIQUEST)
Effects of spatial-semantic
interfaces in visual information retrieval
Evaluation of Content-Based
Image Retrieval in an operational setting
Image indexing and retrieval
in the compressed domain
Improved online information
access
A multi-disciplinary
framework for the evaluation of Internet search
engines
Retrieval through
explanation: an abductive inference approach to
relevance feedback
Retrieving multimedia
objects: an approach through synchronisation
A system for music
information retrieval of encoded music (MuTaTeD 2)
VIRAMI: Visual Information
Retrieval for Archival Moving Imagery
VISOR II: user-oriented
evaluation framework for the development of
electronic image retrieval
systems in the workplace
Descriptions of all the
eleven successful projects can be seen at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/ir-curpj.html
_____________________________________________________________________
New Grant Awarded
_____________________________________________________________________
Internet services for older
adults in public libraries
Details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/pubaward.html
_____________________________________________________________________
Two New Publications
_____________________________________________________________________
Outsourcing book selection:
supplier selection in public libraries by
Capital Planning
Information Ltd
LIC research report 20
ISBN 1898869588
This research project
investigated how the selection of books for
public libraries by
suppliers rather than library staff might bring
benefits in terms of
financial advantage, better use of staff through
work redeployment and more
rapid supply. Two pilot schemes were
examined in Westminster and
Hertfordshire. They demonstrated the
critical importance of
appropriate electronic data transfer
arrangements (not available
in the pilot schemes). The report
discusses supplier charges
and provides a costing model. The report
concludes that supplier
selection is practicable but requires good
planning and written stock
management and selection policies. Access
to library catalogues and
location records by suppliers is essential.
AVAILABLE FROM
CPI Ltd, 91 High Street, Bruton,Somerset
BA10 0BH
Tel: 01749 812963 Fax:
01749 812964 Email: enquiries@cpi-ltd.com
A concept-based method for
automatic abstracting
by Chris Paice and Michael
Oakes
LIC research report 27
ISBN 1902394135
Automatic abstracting
operates by taking a source text in electronic
form, processing it in
order to identify the most important ideas
discussed in the text, and
organising the selected material to produce
a running text which,
hopefully, expresses the essence of the source
text in a concise form.
With the Concept-based Abstracting (CBA)
approach, abstracts are
produced in three stages: (i) selection from
the text of a collection of
strings which may contain key ideas; (ii)
selection from among these
candidate strings of specific names which
are associated with
relevant semantic roles; and (iii) generation of
an abstract containing all
the selected concept names.
AVAILABLE FROM
British Thesis Service, The
British Library Document Supply Centre
Boston Spa, Wetherby, West
Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
tel: +44 (0) 1937 546229,
fax: +44 (0)1937 546286
email:
dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
______________________________________________________________________
People's Network Online
______________________________________________________________________
The website for the
People's Network project is now available as a
work-in-progress. The site
will be used as the focus for information on
progress towards the
project's goal of co-ordinating the connection all
public libraries to the
information superhighway by 2002. The NETBase
database will sit at its
heart,tracking ICT developments in public
libraries and updated
dynamically by library service managers
themselves. People's
Network Online will also be the source of news,
advice and guidance on
content creation, training, infrastructure and
other current public
library ICT issues.
Go to
http://www.lic.gov.uk/pno/index.html
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:04:09 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
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______________________________________________________________________
New Response
______________________________________________________________________
LIC responds to DCMS
discussion paper Libraries and the Regions
The LIC response to
'Libraries and the Regions' supports expansion of
Regional Library System
membership, calls for the RLSs to be
reconfigured to correspond
to Government office boundaries, suggests
that the restructured RLSs
should provide the voice for libraries in
the Regional Cultural
Consortiums, and supports a merger between
CONARLS: the Circle of
Officers of Natonal & Regional
Library Systems and LINC:
the Library & Information Co-operation
Council.
Full response at
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/regions.html
_____________________________________________________________________
Four New Grants Awarded
_____________________________________________________________________
1. Evaluating the impact of
the Library and Information Commission's
policy work and
underpinning research
Details at: http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/policy.html
2. Publisher relationships
on the Web
Details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/bnbrfcur.html
3. Quality Leaders Project
Details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/valproj.html
4. Regional Archive
Development
Details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/coopproj.html
_____________________________________________________________________
Two New Publications
_____________________________________________________________________
Getting information to
vocational trainees
by Christine Urquhart
LIC research report 26
The aim of the GIVTS
project was to investigate the feasibility and
effectiveness of
information services targeted at vocational trainees. The
objectives were: 1) to
determine the critical success factors for the
design of information
services for vocational trainees which would enhance
implementation of research
findings and clinical effectiveness among this
particular group of junior
doctors; 2) to investigate how electronic
sources should be used to
deliver such services. 3) to establish a
cost-benefit framework and
performance/outcome indicators for such benefits
to patient care. £12-00
Developing research in
public libraries
by Stella Thebridge, Clare
Nankivell and Graham Matthews
LIC research report 24
The specific areas of
public library research addressed by this
project were: developing
research expertise, encouraging practitioners
to undertake and act on
research and to develop effective
dissemination channels for
research. The project also aimed to develop
a long-term strategy to ensure
that research expertise and
dissemination methods
developed could continue beyond the end of the
project. Following an
introductory first section, the report's three
remaining sections outline
the project's meeting of its objectives as
follows: Section 2
Education and training; Section 3 The climate of
research; Section 4 The way
forward. Future options for the
dissemination of public
library research and the continuation of the
project's effective
research skills courses are discussed, and
recommendations made.
£12-00
Both available from:
British Thesis Service, The British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa,
Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
tel: +44 (0) 1937
546229 fax: +44 (0)1937 546286
email:
dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
______________________________________________________________________
People's Network Online
______________________________________________________________________
More material has been
added to the website for the People's Network
project The NETBase database, tracking ICT
developments in public
libraries and updated
dynamically by library service managers
themselves, will be available
to see soon
http://www.lic.gov.uk/pno/index.html
______________________________________________________________________
RESEARCH BULLETIN
______________________________________________________________________
The second issue of the
Library and Information Commission Research
Bulletin is due to be
published at the beginning of February 2000.
Items in the second issue
include:
NEWS
* Library and information
science research - its future in MLAC * LIC
research activities
1995-2000
* DCMS/Wolfson Public
Libraries Challenge Fund 2000/2001 * People's
Network update
* Recruit, retain and lead
- article describing a LIC-funded project
aiming to help the public
library service recruit, retain, support and
develop a workforce
appropriate to the current and future needs of the
service.
FEATURES
* Valuing information
assets in UK companies. Is there an
understanding of
information asset valuation in UK companies? Why
should it be done? How can
it be done?
* Rediscovering reading.
The role of public libraries during the
National Year of Reading.
* Design and implementation
factors in electronic image retrieval
systems. Looking beyond the
technical considerations to the
organisational and
financial factors which shape the design and
implementation of such
systems.
* Being inclusive and
'COOL'. How can public libraries help combat
social exclusion.
* Homework clubs in public
libraries. An evaluation of the value and
impact of library-based
homework clubs on the educational and social
development of children and
young people.
REVIEWS
* Current research in information retrieval. A review of the LIC
information retrieval
research programme detailing all the current
projects
* How to make 11.76 pence
per annum go a long way. An overview of the
Commission-funded work
aiming to improve access to library and reading
services for the blind and
visually impaired.
If you would like to
subscribe to the Research Bulletin please forward
the following information
to libcom@lic.gov.uk
Title:
First name:
Surname:
Work address:
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
WWW:
Delivery address, if
different from work address.
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 11:58:22 +0000
Subject: News the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
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Museums, Libraries &
Archives Council - consultation document issued
______________________________________________________________________
Neville Mackay, Chief
Executive of MLAC, has issued 'Consultation on
the work of the new
Museums, Libraries & Archives Council', which sets
out the vision for MLAC and
explains what it will do and how it will
work.
Full text can be found on
the LIC website at
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/mlac.html
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:03:08 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
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______________________________________________________________________
Press Release
______________________________________________________________________
ICT Prize - winners
announced
The ICT Prize for Ingenious
and Creative Use of Technology has been
won by Balham Library for
its Electronic Promotion of Stock in
Libraries (EPOSIL) project.
Runners up were Alien Abduction: a story
on the Web (from
Northamptonshire Libraries & Information Service) and
Readers Without Walls (from
Essex County Council Libraries)
Full Press Release at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/000207.html
______________________________________________________________________
LIC Annual Report published
______________________________________________________________________
The 1998/1999 Library and
Information Commission annual report has been
published. Hard copies are
available from Henry Girling (details below).
The electronic version is
available at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/policyreports/annual9899/index.html
_____________________________________________________________________
Three New Grants Awarded
_____________________________________________________________________
Outsourcing and Externalisation
by libraries, museums and archives
Further details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/mlis.html
Navigation Preliminary
Study
Further details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/valproj.html
Sustainable models of
learning cultures and resource-based learning for the
21st Century
Further details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/valproj.html
_____________________________________________________________________
New Publication
_____________________________________________________________________
A Survey of Library
Services to Schools and Children in the UK
1998-1999
by Claire Creaser
LIC research report 28
This is the tenth report in
the annual LISU series of surveys of
library provision to
schools and children, which began with a survey
of services in England and
Wales in 1989-90. It has since expanded to
cover the whole UK, and now
includes valuable summaries of recent
trends in both provision
and use. The report covers both public
library services to
children and the support provided by local
authorities to schools via
the schools library service. It gives
details for individual
authorities as well as sector totals and
overall estimates of
provision, covering staffing levels, service
provision, resources and
expenditure in both services. For schools
library services there is
additional detail on organisation and
management structures, and
the extent of service take-up. There is a
comprehensive summary of
trends in the main areas, and several
appendices giving data on
populations, comments on staffing, copies of
the questionnaires, lists of
non-respondents and details of local
government re-organisation.
PRICE £27-50
AVAILABLE FROM
Publications Section, LISU,
Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leics. LE11
3TU
Tel: 01509 223071 Fax: 01509
223072
Email: lisu@lboro.ac.uk
______________________________________________________________________
People's Network Online
______________________________________________________________________
The People's Network Online
website continues to grow. Information on
projects and people is
being added all the time. Take the Grand Tour
and learn what it is all
about.
It can be found at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/pno/index.html
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:39:11 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
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______________________________________________________________________
New Response Issued
______________________________________________________________________
LIC responds to 'Libraries
for All'
The LIC response to the DCMS
consultation document 'Libraries for All:
Social Inclusion in Public
Libraries' has welcomed the idea of
collaborative activity with
other community services - especially
libraries' role in support
of lifelong learning - and identifies a number
of tasks that could be
taken forward in promoting the value of libraries
to the social inclusion
agenda. The Commission is currently drawing up a
separate policy statement
on libraries and social inclusion, to be
published in due course.
For the full response go
to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/libsforall.html
______________________________________________________________________
National Information Policy
______________________________________________________________________
Keystone for the
Information Age
The LIC is collaborating
with the British Council and the Library
Association on a major
international conference, to be held at the British
Library on 16/17 March
2000, to raise awareness of how a coherent National
Information Policy
framework can help the development of the UK as an
information society and
knowledge economy.
There are some places left
for this important event.
Further details and
registration forms can be found at:
http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/conf01.html
______________________________________________________________________
Research Bulletin Issue 2
published
______________________________________________________________________
The second Library and
Information Commission Research Bulletin has been
published. Hard copies are
available from Henry Girling (details below).
A HTML version of the
substantive articles are available at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/bulletin/index.html
A complete pdf version will
be available soon.
______________________________________________________________________
New Grants Awarded
_______________________________________________________________________
Provision of the Talking
Eyes Information Service for visually
impaired members of the
Asian community to all public library
authorities
Go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/visualaccess.html
The Bidding Culture and
Local Government: Effects on the Development
of Public Libraries
Go to: http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/pubaward.html
_____________________________________________________________________
New Publication
_____________________________________________________________________
User passports and visas:
understanding the role of identification
metadata
by Liz Potter and Mark Bide
LIC research report 22
This paper surveys current
practice in the identification,
authentication and
authorisation of users of electronic
resources in the UK. It focuses on access to academic journals,
researching the ways in
which access to those journals is managed both
by their academic and by
their commercial user communities.
Available from:
Book Industry Communication,
39-41 North Road,London N7 9DP
Tel: +44 (0) 171 607
0021 Fax: +44 (0) 171 607 0415
Email: brian@bic.org.uk
______________________________________________________________________
Latest news from the
People's Network Development Team
______________________________________________________________________
People's Network
Development Team Admininstrator appointed
Helen Baigent has joined
Chris Batt, David Potts and Susi Woodhouse as
Administrator for the
People's Network Development Team. Helen is a
familiar figure on public
library networking stage, having been
working with EARL as
Liaison Officer for the past 18 months.
The People's Network Online
can be found at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/pno/index.html
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:55:56 +0000
Subject: News the Library and Information Commission
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______________________________________________________________________
LIC responses to A Review
of Research Priorities and Practices for the
Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council (MLAC)
_____________________________________________________________________
The Library and Information
Commission Research Committee and Library and
Information Commission
staff have responded to A Review of Research
Priorities and Practices
for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
(MLAC) by Professor John
Shepherd.
Go here for the Research
Committee response
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/mlacrescom.html
Go here for the staff
response.
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/mlacstaff.html
______________________________________________________________________
Henry Girling
Assistant Information
Officer
Library and Information
Commission
19-29 Woburn Place
London
WC1H 0LU
Tel: 0171 273 8746
Fax: 0171 273 8701
Email henry.girling@lic.gov.uk
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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:58:00 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
From: Henry.Girling@lic.gov.uk (Henry Girling)
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______________________________________________________________________
New Response Issued
______________________________________________________________________
LIC responds to MLAC
consultation
The LIC response to the
Consultation on the work of the new Museums,
Libraries & Archives
Council welcomes its statement of vision, aims
and objectives for MLAC,
and calls on MLAC to build on the
achievements of both the
LIC and MGC, as well as developing new
cross-domain activities.
Full response at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/mlacresp.html
______________________________________________________________________
New Paper Issued
______________________________________________________________________
International roles for
MLAC
The LIC International
Committee and the LIC staff involved in
international activities
have prepared a paper to help MLAC design its
international role.
Full paper at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/other/international.html
______________________________________________________________________
National Information Policy
______________________________________________________________________
Keystone for the
Information Age
The LIC is collaborating with the British Council and the Library
Association on a major
international conference, to be held at the British
Library on 16/17 March
2000, to raise awareness of how a coherent National
Information Policy framework
can help the development of the UK as an
information society and
knowledge economy.
There are some places left
for this important event.
Further details and
registration forms can be found at:
http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/conf01.html
______________________________________________________________________
New Grants Awarded
_______________________________________________________________________
State of the Sector: Stage
one - analysis of the sector workforce, and
skills foresight exercise
For more details go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/mlis.html
Community and region: scale
economies and public libraries
For more details go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/pubaward.html
_____________________________________________________________________
New Publication
_____________________________________________________________________
UKOLN annual report
1998/99: presented to the Library and Information
Commission and to the
Committee on Electronic Information of the JISC
by Lorcan Dempsey and Sally
Criddle
LIC research report 18
The report covers the period
1 August 1998 to 31 July 1999.
Available from: UKOLN, The
Library, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 826580
Fax: +44 (0) 1225 826838
Futures Together
by Geoff Warren and Chris
Dodd
LIC research report 25
This study was proposed as
a result of the first (1996) Futures
Together conference which
identified the need for staff and users to
be more aware of the
region's collections if improved access to
specialist resources is to
be achieved. It also aimed to encourage
better collection
management ans set clearer criteria for assessing
the value and significance
of specialist resources across a whole
region. The importance of this
work has been highlighted by recent
Government strategies on
access and the new agendas for culture,
learning and regionalism.
PRICE £25-00
Available from: West
Midlands Regional Library System
2nd Floor, Central Library,
Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ
Tel: +44 (0) 121 303 3533
Tel: +44 (0) 121 303 2613
Email: wmrls@dial.pipex.com
Review of research funding
for LIS
by David Haynes, David
Streatfield and Noeleen Cookman
LIC research report 40
This study was commissioned
by the Library and Information Commission and
the British Library
Research and Innovation Centre in the Autumn of 1998
and was conducted between
December 1998 and April 1999 with supplementary
work between May and September 1999. The overall aim of the study
was to
provide the baseline about
funding of library and information research in
order to inform the work of
the Commission and others on encouraging
investment in such research
and collaboration across sectors. PRICE £12-00
Available from: British
Thesis Service, The British Library Document Supply
Centre, Boston Spa,
Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
tel: +44 (0) 1937 546229
fax: +44 (0)1937 546286
email:
dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:04:59 +0000
Subject: News from the Library and Information Commission
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**apologies for cross
posting**
______________________________________________________________________
New Policy Document
launched
______________________________________________________________________
LIC social inclusion policy
document launched
The LIC has published
'Libraries: the Essence of Inclusion', a policy
document which sets out the
many ways in which libraries can contribute to
social inclusion, and
challenges Government, institutions and policy makers
to recognise and optimise
their potential.
For the press release go
to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/000330.html
For the full text of the document
itself go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/policyreports/inclusion.html
______________________________________________________________________
'Keystone for the
Information Age' - conference
______________________________________________________________________
'Keystone for the
Information Age' - conference report
A short report of
proceedings at the recent National Information Policy
conference 'Keystone for
the Information Age', held at the British Library
on March 16-17 and
sponsored by the British Council,the Library
Association and the Library
& Information Commission is available on
the LIC website.
For the full of the report
itself go to:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/policyreports/empower/index.html
Copies of the policy
document 'Keystone for the Information Age: a
National Information Policy
for the UK' are still available from Henry
Girling (details below)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Henry Girling
Library and Information
Commission
19-29 Woburn Place
London
WC1H 0LU
Tel: 0171 273 8746
Fax: 0171 273 8701
Email henry.girling@lic.gov.uk
_____________________________________________________________________________
NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999
16:18:56 -0500
Reply-To: Lois Heiser
<heiser@indiana.edu>
Sender: GEONET-L Geoscience Librarians & Information
Specialists
<GEONET-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
From: "Carolyn J.
Laffoon" <carolyn@purdue.edu>
Subject: Long message re:
e-journal linking developments
NEWSLETTER
ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES
NO 240
-^Ö November 29, 1999
Editor: Marcia Tuttle
240.1 REFERENCE LINKING SERVICE TO AID SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING ONLINE
RESEARCH
Press release dated
November 16, 1999, submitted by John Tagler,
Elsevier Science,
j.Tagler@Elsevier.com
Contact: Susan Spilka
Corporate Communications Director
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - (212) 850-6147 -sspilka@wiley.com
Reference Linking Service to Aid Scientists Conducting Online
Research: Scientific and Scholarly Publishers Collaborate to Offer
Ground-Breaking Initiative
New York, N.Y., November 16, 1999. Twelve leading scientific and
scholarly publishers announced today that they are collaborating on an
innovative, market-driven reference-linking initiative that will
change the way scientists use the Internet to conduct online research.
The reference-linking service represents an unprecedented, cooperative
effort among Academic Press, a Harcourt Science and Technology
Company; American Association for the Advancement of Science (the
publisher of _Science_); American Institute of Physics (AIP);
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Blackwell Science; Elsevier
Science; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
(IEEE); Kluwer Academic Publishers (a Wolters Kluwer Company);
_Nature_;
Oxford University Press; Springer-Verlag; and John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.
It is expected to launch during the first quarter of 2000. Researchers
will be able to move easily from a reference in a journal article to
the content of a cited journal article, typically located on a
different server and published by a different publisher. At the
outset, approximately three million articles across thousands of
journals will be linked through this service, and more than half a
million more articles will be linked each year thereafter. This will
enhance the efficiency of browsing and reading the primary scientific
and scholarly literature.
Such linking will enable readers to gain access to logically related
articles with one or two clicks -- an objective widely accepted among
researchers as a natural and necessary part of scientific and scholarly
publishing in the digital age. The reference-linking service will be
run
from a central facility which
will be managed by an elected Board and
will operate in cooperation with the International Digital Object
Identifier (DOI) Foundation. It will contain a limited set of metadata,
allowing the journal content and links to remain distributed at
publishers
sites. Each publisher will set its own access standards, determining
what
content is available to the researcher following a link (such as access
to the
abstract or to the full text of an article, by subscription, document
delivery, or pay-per-view, etc.). The service is being organized as a
not-for-profit entity to safeguard the independence of each
participating publisher to set their own access standards and
conditions.
The service, which is based on a prototype developed by Wiley and
Academic Press, was developed in cooperation with the International
DOI Foundation and builds on work by the Association of American
Publishers and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. It
takes advantage of the DOI standard and other World Wide Web standards
and Internet technology. By taking a standards-based approach the
international initiative is confident that the sophisticated demands
of the readers of scientific and scholarly journals for linking of
references can be implemented broadly and rapidly.
Representatives of the participating publishers and the International
DOI Foundation are in active discussions with other scientific and
scholarly primary journal publishers to make this a broad-based,
industry-wide initiative. Through the reference-linking service
publishers will have an easy, efficient and scalable means to add
links to their online journals.
Interviews will be arranged upon request.
- ACADEMIC PRESS (A HARCOURT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANY)
www.academicpress.com Contact: Ken Metzner, (619) 699-6830
kmetzner@acad.com
QUOTE FROM DR. PIETER BOLMAN, PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC PRESS: "Using
open
standards will allow any primary publisher to easily participate in
the reference-linking service while retaining control of their
content. Linking in this way enables 'virtual aggregation' and removes
the need for libraries to have multiple electronic subscriptions to
the same content through different vendors. Readers of online journals
will be able to go directly from references to the original content at
publishers' sites."
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (THE PUBLISHER
OF _SCIENCE_) www.sciencemag.org Contact: Nan Broadbent, Director, News
and Information, (202) 326-6440, nbroadbe@aaas.org
QUOTE FROM RICHARD NICHOLSON, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND PUBLISHER OF _SCIENCE_:
"This reference-linking service marks the natural progression in
online publishing by science journals. More researchers today are
using the Internet in their work and this service will allow them to
do so more quickly and efficiently. By providing this service we are
able to fulfill one of our long-time goals -- meeting the needs of the
scientific community."
QUOTE FROM FLOYD E. BLOOM, MD, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF _SCIENCE_: "This
cooperative service creating links among online scientific papers
should be recognized as a major step forward in gaining access to the
recent body of literature, greatly surpassing any other private or
government sponsored resource. Scholars everywhere should
rejoice."
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP) www.aip.org
Contact: Tim Ingoldsby
Director of Business Development
(631) 576 2266 - TINGOLDSBY@AIP.ORG
QUOTE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO, MARC BRODSKY: "When
physicists
first conceived of the World Wide Web, they envisioned that it would
allow researchers to easily follow ideas from concept through
completion. This initiative is a giant step toward the realization of
that vision."
- ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY www.acm.org Contact: Bernard
Rous,
ACM Deputy Director of Publications, (212) 626--0660
- BLACKWELL SCIENCE www.blacksci.co.uk Contact: Robert Campbell,
Managing Director, +44 1865 206000, robert.campbell@blacksci.co.uk
QUOTE FROM ROBERT CAMPBELL, GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR: "We are
delighted
that the STM publishing community has been able to follow up so
quickly on the Press Release issued by the STM Association at the
start of the International Book Fair at Frankfurt. The enthusiasm for
this initiative from the societies for whom we publish has been
extremely encouraging."
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE www.elsevier.com Contact: Karen Hunter, Senior Vice
President, Elsevier Science, (212) 633-3787, k.hunter@elsevier.com
QUOTE FROM JOHN REGAZZI, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING,
ELSEVIER SCIENCE: "It is said that 'a rising tide lifts all
boats.' By
working together to further enhance the value of electronic journals,
primary publishers will improve the efficiency and productivity of all
scientists."
- THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC. (IEEE)
www.ieee.org Contact: Helen L. Horwitz, Staff Director Corporate
Communications, (732) 562 6821, h.horowitz@ieee.org
QUOTE FROM LLOYD (PETE) MORLEY, IEEE VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLICATIONS
ACTIVITIES, AND INTERIM DEPARTMENT HEAD, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, THE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT TUSCALOOSA: "As a professional
association,
one of the IEEE's primary goals is to facilitate the dissemination of
technical information. Participating in this reference linking
initiative is an important way to achieve that goal. Adding new
functions to journal articles like reference linking is a major step
towards realizing the promise of electronic publishing."
- INTERNATIONAL DOI FOUNDATION www.doi.org Contact: Norman Paskin,
Director, International DOI Foundation, +44 1865 843798,
n.paskin@doi.org
QUOTE FROM NORMAN PASKIN, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL DOI
FOUNDATION: "The Foundation is very pleased to see the commitment
to
implement DOIs in this large-scale application by major publishing
houses way so soon after we have defined a framework for such
applications. Scientific communication is founded on persistent links
between articles -- citations -- which create a permanent record of
the relationships between scientists' publications. Building a system
that embodies these links using unique persistent identifiers,
actionable on the Web, is an excellent implementation of the DOI."
- KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS (A WOLTERS KLUWER COMPANY) www.wolters-
kluwer.com Contact: Alexander Schimmelpenninck, Director Corporate
Communications, Wolters Kluwer N.V., tel. +31 20 60 70 335
aschimmelpenninck@wolterskluwer.com
QUOTE FROM JEFF SMITH, PRESIDENT KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS: "This
initiative is in line with Kluwer Academic Publishers' strategy to
meet the specific requirements of scientists to have available a
universe of linked scientific content and articles. Meanwhile, we
preserve our independence in maintaining the special relationship we
are building with our own group of customers."
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS www.oup.co.uk Contact: Martin J Richardson,
Publishing Director, +44 (0)1865 267780, richarm@oup.co.uk
- _NATURE_ www.nature.com Contact: Stefan von Holtzbrinck, Managing
Director, Nature Publishing Group, +44 011 171 843 4632
QUOTE FROM JOHANNES VELTEROP, PUBLISHING DIRECTOR _NATURE_: "This
is
extremely good news for the active scientists and researchers all over
the world. The interest of the users of scientific information is put
at the centre of the stage again, and publishers clearly recognise the
imperative of serving the research community in the very best way the
new technology allows."
- SPRINGER-VERLAG www.link.springer-ny.com www.link.springer.de
QUOTE FROM RÜDIGER GEBAUER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, SPRINGER-VERLAG-NY:
"Springer has been a long-time supporter of the DOI and reference
linking. We recommend that others join this initiative to help
facilitate the rapid dissemination of scientific information. Journal
article reference linking is just the beginning. This may be the
watershed initiative that promotes cross-publisher communication to
ultimately enhance the online users experience."
- JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. www.interscience.wiley.com www.wiley.com
Contact: Susan Spilka, Corporate Communications Director, (212) 850-
6147, sspilka@wiley.com
QUOTE FROM ERIC SWANSON, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STM PUBLISHING:
"We
strongly encourage broad-based participation in this initiative by
primary journal publishers. Publishers need only have online journal
content with metadata that can be tagged with DOIs. We believe this
reference linking service will enable us to serve our customers
better."
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Pricing Issues are made on the responsibility of the authors alone,
and do not imply the endorsement of the editor, the editorial board,
or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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