At 06:20 PM 4/28/2003 +0100, Butler, Mark wrote: >Action for: MacKenzie Smith > >MacKenzie, please can you answer this question? >[ 057. ] >Summary: Section 2.1.1 what do we mean by research methods >Raised By: David Hunyh >Status: open >Description: >In supporting information retrieval activities libraries >have evolved from isolated and eccentric modes of describing their >collections and the providing access to them towards international >standards that support the broad portability of research methods >[what do you mean by research methods?] across libraries and collections. Hi Mark, that isn't my language, and I'm not sure was intended either... How about: "In supporting information retrieval activities, libraries have long promoted the use of international standards, e.g. MARC (ISO 2709) and LCSH (ISO 2788). However, use of one-size-fits-all international standards, while aiding in cross-library searching, conflicts with the desire of authors and communities of practice to describe their works with rich, discipline-specific schemas and vocabularies. There is growing pressure on libraries to accommodate these community standards for metadata while still supporting cross-collection and cross-library discovery." MacKenzie/ MacKenzie Smith Associate Director for Technology MIT Libraries Building 14S-208 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)253-8184 kenzie@mit.eduReceived on Wednesday, 30 April 2003 08:21:00 EDT
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