eLib supporting studies and workshops
managed by UKOLN

It was recognised that there was a need for a number of studies to be carried out to support the Electronic Libraries Programme in various areas. There are currently therefore three strands of supporting studies activity funded by eLib:

• evaluative studies, managed by the Tavistock Institute
• preservation studies, managed by BLRIC
• UKOLN-managed studies and workshops (resulting from MODELS and elsewhere)

The studies included in the UKOLN-managed strand have emerged from several sources, including the MODELS project; four workshops are also included. A consolidated list of all the titles follows. Open invitations to tender have been issued, via a variety of methods including relevant email lists. Reports are being made available on the Web and in hard copy.

Studies and workshops

• Management information systems and performance measurement for the electronic library - including workshop
  (Peter Brophy and Peter M. Wynne, CERLIM, University of Central Lancashire). Final report, June 1997.
  [Word 6 format ] [RTF]
  
  
• Standards for serials (resulting from MODELS 1 workshop):
  • Document requesting (UKOLN coordinating). Several report contributions are available from the standards meeting page)
  • Standards for serials metadata, and Terms of availability - combined report (BIC - David Martin and Mark Bide). Final report, August 1997.
    [Word 6 format ] [RTF]
  • Serials holdings data (Alan Hopkinson, Middlesex University) [Word 6 format] [RTF]
  • Consultative meeting on standards for serials/presentation of draft study reports (organised by UKOLN and BIC, June 1997).
  
  
• Meeting to promote the use of serial part identifiers - resulting from MODELS workshop 1 (organised by BIC and UKOLN, March 1997). A report on the meeting appeared in Ariadne.
  
  
• A survey of the content and characteristics of electronic abstracts (Alan Wheatley, DILS, University of Wales Aberystwyth & C.J. Armstrong, CIQM). Final report, October 1997. [Word 6 format ] [RTF]
  
  
• Collection level description (UKOLN coordinating contributions from a range of experts).
  Work in progress documents, together with meeting notes and draft proposed list of core collection description attributes available.
  
  
• The publishing of electronic scholarly monographs and text books (Ray Lonsdale, DILS, University of Wales Aberystwyth & C.J. Armstrong, CIQM). [Terms of reference] Final report, April 1998. [Word 6 format ] [RTF]
  
  
• The impact of electronic journals on local network computing and printing environments (Instant Library). [Terms of reference] Final report, December 1998. [RTF] [HTML]

The following studies are currently underway:

• Economic models for the digital library [Terms of reference]
• Managing organisational change in the hybrid library [Terms of reference]

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