Synopses & Reviews
Here are actual examples of how libraries are using XML to solve problems, expand services, and improve systems. Areas covered include: integrated library systems; interlibrary loan; cataloging and indexing; building collections and databases; data migration; and systems interoperability. Contributing libraries include Stanford University, Oregon State University, State Library of Tasmania, HALINET (The Halton Ont. Information Network), University of Virginia, California Digital Library, University of Windsor, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Simon Fraser University, and University of Saskatchewan Libraries. Find out why a growing number of librarians consider XML essential to their work.
Table of Contents
Updating MARC records with XMLMARC /Kevin S. Clarke --Searching and retrieving XML records via the Web /Theo van Veen --Improving interlibrary loan with XML /Kyle Banerjee --Harnessing Oracle and XT for finding aid dissemination and search /Leslie Myrick --Creating a unified e-government portal using XML /Lloyd Sokvitne and Jan Lavelle --Expediting the work of the indexer with XML /Walter Lewis, Gail Richardson, and Geoff Cannon --Using XML to federate collections : the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library /Heidi Schmidt --Publishing books online at eScholarship /Roy Tennant --Building XML databases with Zope and Castor /Art Rhyno --Migrating native law cases from HTML to XML /Darlene Fichter --Transforming word processing documents into XML : electronic scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan /Brian Rosenblum --Encoding digital objects with METS /Jerome McDonough --Integrating systems with XML-based Web services /Don Gourley.