Message-Id: <200010261534.IAA12964@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:29:02 -0400 From: Allison Zhang <mailto:allison_zhang@CHS.ORG> Subject: Re: Separate Databases and a question about Wam!Net To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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Anne:
We use Voyager, an integrated library automation system developed by
Endeavor Information Systems, for our Connecticut History Online project. We
will catalog about 14,000 images and make them available through Voyager
OPAC. A pilot site is available at http://www.lib.uconn.edu/cho/.
I was also involved with Rochester Images project (designed web site for
them). They use CARL, a MARC based library system to catalog their images.
http://mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/
Your question is a critical question that every digital library manager
would ask first. I will try to explain briefly.
1. Most library cataloging systems are MARC based. You will have to catalog
the images in MARC format. Currently, both AACR2 rules and MARC don't have
adequate information on how to catalog online images, which makes cataloging
online images in a library system more difficult.
2. MARC based records can be only retrieved through a MARC based system.
This means, if you want to search images using any Internet search engines,
you cannot retrieve the images cataloged in MARC format. You will have to
search the images within your library catalog.
3. Since most library systems are not designed for retrieving images, OPAC
may not be user friendly in displaying images. This is a problem we are
having now. The Voyager OPAC cannot display thumbnail images within a
record. You will see that if you visit our database. Endeavor has promised
to include a thumbnail feature in the next release.
4. Other metadata systems, such as Dublin Core, RDF, XML, etc. are more
flexible for retrieving info through Web. That's why most sites use non-MARC
based database retrieval package for their image databases.
Hope this will help.
Allison Zhang
Project Coordinator
Connecticut History Online
Tel: 860-236-5621 ex. 272
Fax: 860-236-2664
Email: mailto:allison_zhang@chs.org
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From: "McFarland, Anne" <mailto:amcfarland@BASEBALLHALLOFFAME.ORG>
To: <mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 9:35 AM
Subject: Separate Databases and a question about Wam!Net
> I am wondering if anyone has used their library catalog as their
descriptive
> metadata storage database with links to their images through the 856?
Most
> of the sites seem to be using a separate image database retrieval package
> and I am wondering why.
>
> Also, is anyone familiar with Wam!Net?
>
> Thank you for your assistance,
> Anne
>
> Anne L. McFarland
> Director of Technical Services
> National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
> 25 Main Street
> Cooperstown, NY 13326
>
> (v) 607.547.0350
> (f) 607.547.4094
>
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