February 2nd, 2010 by John Shannon · No Comments
What is OAIster? It’s actually a catalog of millions of digital resources from thousands of contributors around the world. OAIster was built by harvesting from open archive collections using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The result provides access to digitized books, articles, and text, audio & video files, photographic images, theses and research papers. Today, OAIster boasts more than 23 million records representing digital resources from over 1,100 contributors. Join us for a discussion of this important free resource and what it means for information seekers worldwide.
Michelle Harper is Director of Special Collections at OCLC with responsibilities for managing OAIster and ArchiveGrid. Prior to joining OCLC, Michelle was the director of product management for NewsBank and has worked in the information industry for other library providers, including Gale and ProQuest, in various positions. Michelle holds masters degrees in history and English from the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia respectively, and attended the College of William and Mary as an undergraduate.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Networking, Refreshments & Sign-In
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Presentation and Q & A
WHERE: Kilgour Auditorium, OCLC Campus
See location information and map at:
http://www.oclc.org/about/headquarters/maps/default.htm
RSVP with Patricia Furney at pfurney@columbuslibrary.org
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Ph: 614-361-3621
We look forward to seeing you at OCLC’s Kilgour Auditorium on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.
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January 27th, 2010 by John Shannon · No Comments
Join us for a discussion of OCLC’s OAIster database this Tuesday, February 2 at the Kilgour Auditorium on the OCLC campus. For details visit our
Sneak Peaks page. See you there!
Tags: · digital resources, metadata, OAIster, oclc, Open Archives Initiative Protocol
December 4th, 2009 by John Shannon · No Comments
Save-the-date for an extraordinary visit to the Thompson Memorial Library at The Ohio State University. Associate Professor Wes Boomgaarden will be our guide for a tour through the magnificent Main Library at Ohio State. As the Thompson Library Renovation Officer since 2000, his inside knowledge and perspective make this a one-of-a-kind opportunity. Designed in the Second Italian Renaissance Revival style, the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, also known as the Main Library, originally opened in 1913. The renovation to the Thompson Library — the “centerpiece” of a plan to move Ohio State into the forefront of academic excellence — is now complete after three years of construction and over a decade of planning. Housing significant print collections, digital information resources, spaces for individual study, and areas for interactive group learning, the building’s original, unique architectural features have now been restored to their original grandeur.WHEN: Friday, December 4, 2009 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.*
WHERE: Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, 43210
The Ohio State University Main Campus
614-292-6785
*CO-ASIS&T visitors should come to the Library classroom, Room 150A Thompson Library, where a brief overview of the Thompson Library project will be presented by Wes Boomgaarden, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
This will be followed by a tour of the Thompson Library building.
RSVP with Patricia Furney, Program Chair, at pfurney@columbuslibrary.org
Presenter Wes Boomgaarden
Wes Boomgaarden is Associate Professor and Preservation Officer at the University Libraries at The Ohio State University. In 2000 he was appointed as the Thompson Library Renovation Officer, a position he has held, in addition to his preservation management duties, through the end of the Thompson effort in late 2009. Prior to his appointment at Ohio State in 1984, Wes served on the staff of Macalester College Library, the Minnesota Historical Society Library and the New York Public Library. He has written extensively on library materials preservation management, and teaches that course at the Kent State University School of Library & Information Science program in Columbus.We will also take this opportunity to honor two special past officers of CO-ASIS&T: Betty Sawyers and Ted Morris.We look forward to meeting at the Thompson Library on Friday, December 4th!Central Ohio Chapter
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