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The poor person’s linked open data workbench

Using discovery tools for presenting integrated information There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about library discovery tools. Basically, a library discovery tool provides a centrally maintained shared scholarly material metadata index, a system for searching and an option for adding a local metadata index. […]

November 11, 2013February 3, 2020Datadiscovery tools, libraries, linked data, linked open data, metadata, open data, scholarly information

(Discover AND deliver) OR else

The future of the academic library as a data services hub Is there a future for libraries, or more specifically: is there a future for academic libraries? This has been the topic of lots of articles, blog posts, books and conferences. See for instance Aaron Tay’s recent post […]

January 7, 2013February 14, 2020Datacatalogues, data management, discovery tools, infrastructure, libraries, linked data, metadata, publishing, universities

Just in time or just in case?

Metasearch vs. harvesting & indexing The other day I gave a presentation for the Assembly of members of the local Amsterdam Libraries Association “Adamnet“, about the Amsterdam Digital Library search portal that we host at the Library of the University of Amsterdam. This portal is built with our […]

October 16, 2009February 14, 2020Librarycatalog, discovery tools, exlibris, federated search, harvesting & indexing, innovation, integration, library systems, metasearch, next generation