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                           Volume 9, no. 9
                           September 1998
                            The Library
                University of California, Berkeley
                   Edited by Teri Andrews Rinne
                          ISSN: 1060-2356
       http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/1998/cc98.9.9.html

                            Contributors:

                       Kirk Hastings, Terry Huwe,
             Margaret Phillips, Richard Rinehart, Roy Tennant
                      Jim Ronningen, Lisa Yesson

 DIGITAL LIBRARIES

  Kirschenbaum, Matthew. "Documenting Digital Images: Textual Meta-Data
  at the Blake Archive" The Electronic Library 16 (4) (August 1998):
  239-241. - For digital library developers who are frustrated by how
  contextual information is lost when viewing image files, the
  experience of the William Blake Archive offers hope. Based at the
  Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the
  University of Virginia, the goal of the William Blake Archive is to
  create a sustainable electronic environment for the scholarly study of
  Blake. Facing the challenge of how best to digitize the illuminated
  books which are the basis for Blake's literary reputation, the staff
  has pursued two complementary strategies. These strategies include (1)
  working exclusively with non-proprietary data standards (e.g., SGML,
  JPEG, TIFF) and (2) extensive use of Java programming. The staff
  creates an Image Documentation (ID) record to track the origin and
  processing of each image. They then insert the ID record into the
  portion of the JPEG file reserved for textual data. Through this
  approach the user can view the meta-data in a separate window by
  selecting the Info button within the archive or with some common
  software programs such as X-View (for Windows) or JPEGView (for
  Macintosh). - LY

  Oder, Norman. "Cataloging the Net: Can We Do It?" Library Journal
  123(16) (October 1, 1998):47-51. - The topic of "cataloging the net"
  has long been discussed by librarians, but when it comes to actual
  projects we have had only mixed results. This overview article takes a
  look at a number of the most significant projects, and delves into the
  issues of creating and maintaining indexes to Internet resources. Oder
  interviewed dozens of project managers, and their often differing
  opinions on what to do and how to go about it are reflected in the
  piece. Sidebars focusing on the Librarians' Index to the Internet
  (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/) and the major commercial
  efforts accompany the piece. [Note: In the interest of full
  disclosure, I am an LJ columnist.] - RT

 ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

  Weibel, S., J. Kunze, C. Lagoze, and M. Wolf. "Dublin Core Metadata
  for Resource Discovery" Request for Comments: 2413 Network Working
  Group, Internet Engineering Task Force, September 1998
  (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2413.txt). - Readers of Current Cites
  were first introduced to the Dublin Core in the June 1996 issue. Now
  the online publication of this Request for Comments (RFC) is the first
  solid step toward the status of a draft standard. Although this RFC is
  informational only, and "does not specify an Internet standard of any
  kind", it nonetheless begins to codify for the network community the
  metadata consensus that has grown out of the DC Workshop Series. In
  this brief overview document, the authors outline the fifteen basic
  elements for recording such information about a resource as creator,
  title, description, subject, etc. Although this RFC will serve as a
  decent introduction to the DC, it only addresses DC semantics at the
  highest level. The all-too-sticky syntax is left for future documents
  to describe. Once, that is, it is settled. Anyone interested in making
  a mark in how things turn out is more than welcome to join in. See the
  Dublin Core Web site (http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core) for more
  information. - RT

 NETWORKS & NETWORKING

  Cohen, Laura B. "Searching for Quality on the Internet: Tools and
  Strategies" Choice 35(Supplement) (August 1998):11-33. - Cohen's
  article appears as part of a special supplement to Choice devoted to
  reviews of Web resources appropriate to academic libraries. The piece
  cites and briefly describes major subject indexes and search tools for
  Internet resources. Cohen also provides searching information and tips
  at a level that anyone can understand. Various tables for summarizing
  key information about the cited resources accompany the article. - RT

  Coyle, Karen. "A Short History of Internet Privacy" Educational
  Program Handout Materials, American Association of Law Libraries 91st
  Annual Meeting, July 11-16, 1998. Also available at authors's Web
  site: http://www.dla.ucop.edu/~kec/privacyprimer.html. - Coyle, of the
  California Digital Library (www.cdlib.org), spoke to law librarians in
  her capacity as a concerned volunteer with Computer Professionals for
  Social Responsibility (www.cpsr.org). This "primer" was the
  accompanying handout, and is recommended as a concise explanation of
  ways that Internet use can currently compromise a user's privacy. Many
  of you may already understand transaction logging, clickstream
  tracking and cookies, but I'll wager that few have prepared a
  statement as clear and authoritative as this one. Folks who are afraid
  that Big Brother is looking over their shoulders as they netsurf can
  be referred here for the facts about what's likely to be recorded and
  why. The intention is certainly not to increase paranoia, but to
  inform so that privacy can be more effectively protected. - JR

  D'Angelo, John and Sherry K. Little. "Successful Web Pages: What Are
  They and Do They Exist?" Information Technology and Libraries 17(2)
  (June 1998):71-81. - A research study undertaken by the authors
  attempted to answer the questions: "What published guidelines for Web
  page design currently exist?" and "Do existing Web pages adhere to the
  published guidelines?" The methodology used to answer the second
  question renders any conclusion to that question highly suspect, but
  if one focuses on the first question, the article serves as a useful
  literature review. The 200 references at the end of the article are a
  bit shocking until you realize that items are listed not once, but
  every time they are cited. This also makes it difficult to sift
  through what could have been a very useful bibliography in its own
  right. But, in the end, if you are wanting to discover what guidelines
  exist for Web page design, both in print and online, sifting through
  this piece is what you should do. - RT

  Schwartz, Candy. "Web Search Engines" Journal of the American Society
  for Information Science 49(11) (1998):973-982. - Schwartz provides a
  thorough overview of the literature on Web search engines. Starting
  with a brief but surprisingly thorough and accurate historical
  overview, the article continues with a look at the present in terms of
  the literature on Web search engines, the types of search services
  available, the content they offer, their features, how results are
  presented, and their performance. The piece ends with a look to the
  future, focusing on personalization, results summarization, query
  expansion, coverage, and metadata. Overall, this is one of the best
  articles on search engines available. - RT

  "Special Section: Coalition for Networked Information" Information
  Technology and Libraries 17(2) (June 1998): 82-108. - The Coalition
  for Networked Information is one of only a few organizations that
  bridge the gap between librarians, computer scientists, and other
  information professionals. CNI has been active in a number of areas
  that are of common interest to these groups, and the fact that ITAL
  has devoted most of this issue to it is a testimony to its impact. In
  this issue there are articles on building collaboration between
  librarians and information technologists and a variety of specific
  programs. - RT

 GENERAL

  Ray, Joyce M. "Search for Tomorrow: The Electronic Records Research
  Program of the U.S. National Historical Publications and Records
  Commission" Journal of Government Information 25(4) (July/Aug 1998):
  367-373. - Grants! Now that I have your full attention... it may still
  be news for some that there is an affiliate of the National Archives
  and Records Administration (www.nara.gov) that awards grants for
  projects promoting the preservation and dissemination of documentary
  source materials. Since 1991, the focus has been on sources in
  electronic form. The grant recipients have been universities, state
  and local government agencies and historical societies. Grants have
  been awarded in such categories as electronic records research,
  finding aids and documentary editing efforts. The author examines a
  list of ten questions (published in the National Historical
  Publications and Records Commission Research Issues in Electronic
  Records) which many grantees have addressed, in full or in part. Two
  of the questions have inspired most of the funded electronic records
  research, so pay attention, potential applicants. The commission's Web
  site (www.nara.gov/nara/nhprc) describes the application process and
  provides links to successful projects, but it's worthwhile to track
  down this article for Ray's overview and insights. - JR

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