After five years without a new release of OS/2, suddenly there are two. Convenience Pack (CP) was released by IBM as an upgrade to Warp V4, including many of the latest Warp Server for e-business components. Another upgrade to OS/2, based on the CP, comes from Serenity Systems as eCommStation (eCS). Serenity Systems has been licensed by IBM to resell OS/2 as a package, including optional Symetric MultiProcessing (SMP) desktop capabilities.
Digital Libraries are indexed and structured to make searches for relevant information much more effective than current search engines. To do this takes a plethora of standards and cooperation, from XML to DCMI to OAI. Also, some updates about OS/2 software.
The terms 'Digital Libraries' and 'Databases' are often used interchangeably, but they are not identical. Digital Libraries usually conform to a Metadata standard such as the Dublin Core. It is sometimes applied to any database that has a browser interface to access the data underneath, regardless of the nature of the storage mechanism.
I'm serving up something completely different this month, a popurri of technology items. There are items from a set of updated operating systems to Digital Libraries to a collection of earth images. Here is a brief list:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
We propose to develop an online oceanography collection providing access to nearly 50 years of shipboard data of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). This new digital collection integrates historical documents, sample data, research publications and maps from global databases. It will be presented to the user as an Ocean Exploration Center supporting inquiry into the history of ocean exploration as well as user-friendly access to state-of-the-art oceanographic databases. The goal of this project is to use modern technologies to Bridge the Gap between these distinct (library) data sources and to facilitate both research and learning.
National Archives and Records Agency
NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration
Alexandria Digital Library Project.
Welcome to the Alexandria Digital Library Project. The name Alexandria comes from the library of Alexandria, Egypt, which was considered the center of all knowledge/learning. No one place now can claim that distinction - but all data sources together (libraries, academic institutions, private companies, government agencies, etc.) are Alexandria.
The project began in 1995 with the development of the Alexandria Digital Library, a working digital library with collections of geographically referenced materials and services for accessing those collections. The Alexandria Digital Library Project is headquartered on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. The Alexandria Digital Library is hosted by the Davidson Library.
NSDL - National Science Digital Library
Welcome to the site of a new national library. The National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) is now under construction with funding from the National Science Foundation. The NSDL will offer, via the Internet, high-quality materials for science, mathematics, engineering and technology education. Its initial release is scheduled for the fall of 2002. The NSDL is likely to be the largest and most heterogeneous digital library yet built.
NSDL will provide dependable and authoritative information not only to educators but to anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time.
California Digital Library (CDL)
A co-library of the campuses of the University of California
Stanford Digital Library Project
The Stanford Digital Library Technologies Project was initiated in July as part of the Federally funded Digital Library Initiative Phase 2. The goal of this Project is to design and implement the infrastructure and services needed for collaboratively creating, disseminating, sharing and managing information in a digital library context.
The Stanford Digital Library Technologies Project is one participant in the DLI2, Digital Library Initiative Phase II, started in 1999.
A 'library' of pointers to other online libraries, like an index to each libraries' card index in the old system.
This information courtesy of François Schiettecatte via the OAI mailing list.
"As a quick reminder, the following databases are searchable on my.OAI:"