Standards and Technologies for Hybrid LibrariesA talk on "Standards and Technologies for Hybrid Libraries" was given in the "Technological Issues: where are we now?" session at the Integrate, Co-operate, Innovate II: eLib Phase 3 in Context Conference organised by the HyLiFe eLib project. The conference was held at the Open University Conference Centre, Gray's Inn Road, London on 24/25th November 1999.
Ian Upton's talk has the title: "BUILDER : The DIY Guide". It asks the question "So how practical is it to implement the Hybrid Library?" This 'nuts and bolts' talk looks at some of the technologies developed and used by BUILDER and how they can be implemented on your systems today. The talk will cover Infrastructure, Authentication, Seamlessness and Search Engine Technologies.
Brian Kelly and Paul Miller will give a talk on "Standards and Technologies for Hybrid Libraries". This will cover standards such as XML, RDF, Z39.50, etc. followed by a review of the approaches which are being taken within the community.
Following the presentations Ian, Brian and Paul will lead a general discussion which will address some of the, possibly contentious issues associated with the implementation of a hybrid library.
The session lasts for 75 minutes (from 15:15 to 16:30). The following timetable is proposed:
| Time | Comments | Speaker |
| 2 mins | Introduction | Chair? |
| 15 mins | Standards for Hybrid Libraries (Data Formats) To cover problems with HTML -> XML -> XML apps, such as RDF |
BK |
| 15 mins | Standards for Hybrid Libraries (metadata and searching) Dublin Core, Z39.50, ... |
PM |
| 15 mins | "BUILDER : The DIY Guide" | IU |
| 5 mins | What is the community doing? Report on survey of institutional search engines, from Ariadne article |
BK |
| 5 mins | What is the community doing? Report on ... |
PM |
| 10 mins | What should the community doing? Panel session / general discussion on topics such as:
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All? |