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_Current Cites_
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Volume 8, no. 11
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November 1997
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The Library
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University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by Teri Andrews Rinne
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ISSN: 1060-2356
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/1997/cc97.8.11.html
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Contributors:
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Christof Galli, Kirk Hastings, Terry Huwe,
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Margaret Phillips, Richard Rinehart,
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Jim Ronningen, Roy Tennant
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DIGITAL LIBRARIES
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"Z39.50: Part 1- An Overview" Biblio Tech Review October 1997
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(http://www.biblio-tech.com/html/z39.50.html). -- If you're anything
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like me, you know vaguely what Z39.50 is about but if someone asked
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you to explain it you'd feign deafness. Well, get ready to regain your
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hearing. This brief piece will soon have you speaking Z-speak in no
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time. After reading this, you should not only be able to understand
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why you keep hearing about it, but you will also be able to drop
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utterances like "Z-client" and "Z-server" with both abandon and
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authority. It may not make you the life of the library cocktail party,
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but you will be much sought after if your library wants to link other
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databases to your library catalog interface. -- RT
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Zamparelli, Roberto. "Copyright and Global Libraries: Going with the
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Flow of Technology" First Monday 2(11) (November 3, 1997)
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(http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue2_11/zamparelli/) -- Instead of
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trying to make Internet users conform to copyright laws by ever more
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powerful protections against copying and unauthorized downloading,
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Zamparelli proposes a different approach. He argues that a single,
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relatively expensive access fee should open the gateway to a "global
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library" with unlimited downloading privileges. The system would also
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have built-in incentives for profit-sharing by authors, new modes of
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advertising, and an array of user benefits. At the heart of his
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argument is a belief that "policing" cyberspace may be too
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labor-intensive and might in fact chill discourse; instead, he says,
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we should build incentives that reward compliance, and see what
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happens. -- TH
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ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
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Dudrow, Andrea & Joanna Pearlstein. "XML Format May Fortify Web
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Content" MacWeek 11(2) (November 3, 1997): 1,7
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(http://www.zdnet.com/macweek/mw_1142/nw_xml.html). -- This article
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updates readers on the latest companies to announce products
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supporting the new XML standard-in-progress. XML, a simplified subset
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of SGML, is a method of encoding the structure and content of
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documents. XML can be used in conjunction with HTML to offer 3
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advantages: its extensibility lets users create their own tags; its
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structure can support object-oriented hierarchies; and it can be
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validated, so documents can be checked for validity. In addition, XML
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will allow web documents to be searched in more precise ways and the
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content can be sorted and delivered in pieces instead of only as
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entire web pages. The article predicts future adoption by vendors and
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that XML will augment rather than replace HTML. -- RR
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Grout, Catherine & Tony Gill. "Visual Arts, Museums & Cultural
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Heritage Metadata Draft Workshop Report" Visual Arts Data Service &
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Arts and Humanities Data Services
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(http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/Metadata1.html) -- AHDS and its subset VADS
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are UK-based organizations exploring, and thankfully documenting,
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issues involved in creating, managing, and delivering arts and
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humanities data in electronic environments. This report is the result
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of a workshop to "..examine the descriptive information needed to
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enable the discovery of visual arts, museums and cultural heritage
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resources on the Internet, particularly in the form of digital
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images." In particular they wanted to find out if the Dublin Core had
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any value as a content discovery tool for such data, and if so, in
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what forms and what applications. This report is very detailed;
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covering a variety of areas, and reporting on sub-committee break-out
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groups. -- RR
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Hobohm, Hans-Christoph. "Changing the Galaxy: On the Transformation of
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a Printed Journal to the Internet" First Monday 2(11) (November 3,
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1997) (http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue2_11/hobohm/) -- Hobom
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explores a journal's experience with publishing a web-based edition.
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The journal, INSPEL, is published by the International Federation of
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Library Associations (IFLA). He lends a concrete, real-world feeling
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to the intellectual dilemma facing journal publishers in cyberspace.
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How, for example, should markets be segmented? Should access be
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limited to certain audiences? How to handle pricing? The answers
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aren't always clear, but if you've ever worked with publishing
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deadlines and budgets, this analysis will make you think about the
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potential, and the pitfalls. -- TH
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Powell, Thomas A. "Extend the Web: an XML Primer" Internet Week no.
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691 (November 24, 1997): 47-49 -- This primer will be a valuable
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resource for anyone involved in authoring, managing, or delivering
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web-based content. It is a relatively in-depth look at the emerging
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XML standard, covering a bit of history and background, related URLs
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for more information, and examples of how XML actually works,
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including existing tools and plans for tools to implement XML. The
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article takes a realistic view, and makes a good introduction to XML.
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-- RR
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MULTIMEDIA & HYPERMEDIA
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Gibbs, Simon and Gabor Szentivanyi. "Index to Multimedia Information
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Sources" German National Research Center for Information Technology
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(http://viswiz.gmd.de/MultimediaInfo/) -- This web resource is an
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invaluable index of information and tools for multimedia. The site
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breaks down resources into categories first by media type (audio,
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video, etc.) then by type of resource (FAQs, conference proceedings,
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tutorials, newsgroup, articles, tools, etc.) -- RR
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NETWORKS & NETWORKING
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Danner, David and Paul W. Taylor. "Principle and Practicality: Funding
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Electronic Access to Washington State Government Information" Journal
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of Government Information 24(5) (Sept/Oct 1997):347-359. -- This
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article, written by two policy advisors for the State of Washington
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Department of Information Services, argues that electronic access to
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government information should be funded by appropriate user fees
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allowing for cost recovery. Based on court rulings, the authors
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differentiate between the content of public records, which should be
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accessible in the least costly format, and the delivery of government
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information, which does not have to occur in the most convenient form
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(i.e. electronically) to satisfy the public's right to access of
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information. The authors also point out that in many cases it is not
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individual citizens who are primary users of electronic information,
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but commercial users. Thus, providing free electronic access would
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constitute a taxpayer subsidy to commercial customers. In addition,
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difficult economic circumstances may prevent state legislatures from
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providing sufficient or lasting funding to develop an effective
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electronic infrastructure. The authors see the development of
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cost-recoverable services as a fair and appropriate mode of funding
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electronic access systems and recommend that policy makers allow
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agencies to recover costs for electronic services. -- CG
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GENERAL
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Ream, Dan. "Glitch Management for Internet Instruction" Internet Trend
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Watch for Libraries 2(11) (November 1997)
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(http://www.itwfl.com/glitch.html) - If you do not immediately know
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what this article is about from the title, this article is not for
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you. If, on the other hand, images of projection bulbs burning out,
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computer cables with the wrong connectors, and other such technical
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calamities pop into your brain, you're the one that needs to know what
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this article has to say. As a long-time Internet instructor, I've seen
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my share of technical glitches -- enough to know that what Ream says
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in this piece is well worth heeding. In particular, his four
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"universal rules" are excellent advice: 1) Always have a plan B, 2)
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Know your equipment before it's too late!, 3) Know your technicians on
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a first name basis, and 4) Prepare your mind. One thing you can do to
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prepare your mind is to read this article. -- RT
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_________________________________________________________________
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