----- Original Message -----
From: "Astronomy Library"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--forwarded by M. Cummins UofToronto Astronomy and Astrophysics Library --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -
From owner-sts-l@listserv.utk.edu Fri Jan 16 12:58:31 2004 Sender: "STS-L (Science and Technology Section, ACRL)"
Subject: Announcing "A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services"
***Cross-posted announcement -- apologies for duplication***
"A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services." By Martha L. Brogan. Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources: Washington DC, December 2003.
http://www.diglib.org/pubs/brogan/ [And available in print, 1st quarter 2004]
This 100-page report, commissioned by the DLF, provides an overview of a diverse set of more than thirty digital library aggregation services, organizes them into functional clusters, and then evaluates them more
fully
from the perspective of an informed user. Most of the services under review rely wholly or partially on the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI-PMH). Each service is annotated with its organizational affiliation, subject coverage, function, audience, status, and size. Critical issues surrounding each of these elements are presented in order to provide the reader with an appreciation of the nuances inherent in seemingly straightforward factual information, such as "audience" or "size."
David Seaman Executive Director, Digital Library Federation Council on Library and Information Resources 1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 tel: 202-939-4762 fax: 202-939-4765 e-mail: dseaman@clir.org web: http://www.diglib.org/