"Identifier persistence requires an organizational commitment."
"No technology, no standard, no identifier scheme, no information architecture will get you persistence."
Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter...
OCLC is connecting the content, technology and expert capabilities of its member libraries worldwide to create the first Web-scale, cooperative library management service. Member libraries can take the first step to realizing this cooperative service model with a new, “quick start” version of the OCLC WorldCat Local service.
I think it's worth exploring with some care what URIs were meant to be, and how they are being used in practice. In particular, I want to look at what illumination might be contributed from our understanding of how other kinds of identifiers work.
ur use of the term within OCLC describes both a technical architecture and the impact the services have within the community they serve. The following is a brief outline focused on the technology aspects. Over the next several weeks I will provide a detailed post on each of these topics.
C. Concordia, S. Gradmann, and S. Siebinga. (June 2009)Paper for the Meeting: 193. Information Technology
at the "World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Council 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
http://www.ifla.org/annual-conference/ifla75/index.htm
Date submitted: 03/06/2009.
S. Thorin. (August 2003)Presented at e-Workshops on Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era, August 11-24, 2003. Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan..