----- Forwarded message from Magnus Enger <[log in to unmask]> -----

 

*** Apologies for cross-posting! ***

 

Hi! 

 

Wouldn't it be nice to have a subject-gateway to all the LIS-related
documents that can be found in Open Access repositories? Would you like to
collaborate on organizing them? 

 

As part of my ongoing masters-degree in "Science of documentation" at the
University of Tromsø, Norway, I have created colLib - a prototype of a
system for organizing and finding documents that are available in Open
Access

repositories: 

http://collib.info/

 

New metadata are "harvested" daily from open repositories - the newest
"records" are available here: 

http://collib.info/index.php/Special:OaiRecent

 

All the repositories that are harvested are related to "Library and
Information Science" - a list of them is available here:

http://collib.info/index.php/Special:OaiRepos

 

Metadata are organized through "tags". A tag can for example represent a
subject - here is an overview of the subjects that are represented as of
today:

http://collib.info/index.php/Category:Subjects

 

Tags can also represent other organizing categories, like geography and
names of projects and services - here is an overview of the categories so
far:

http://collib.info/index.php/Category:Top

 

* My colLib

 

If you register as a user of colLib, you can click "watch" at the top of
most pages in colLib and have them added to "My colLib", which is your
personal "bookshelf" in colLib. This page will give you a list of
categories, subjects and posts that you would like to keep an eye on,
remember or have easy access to.

 

To register: 

http://collib.info/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin
<http://collib.info/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=Main_Page>
&returnto=Main_Page

 

My colLib:

http://collib.info/index.php/Special:MyCollib

 

* RSS

 

A RSS 0.91-feed for the newest records is available here:

http://collib.info/xml.php

 

You will also find a link to RSS-feeds for the records that are connected
with each tag on the page for that tag.

 

See the article "RSS For Non-Techie Librarians" by Steven M. Cohen for more
on RSS:

http://www.llrx.com/features/rssforlibrarians.htm

 

* You can contribute!

 

colLib is based on the fact that anyone can contribute to organizing the
records. When you look at a post you will allways find a link marked "Click
here to add/edit tags". Clicking here will give you the opportunity to
change the old tags and/or add new ones. You will find some more information
on how to do this here:

http://collib.info/index.php/Help:Editing

 

Another way to contribute is to upload documents you have created to one of
the repositories that are harvested by colLib.

 

* Feedback is very welcome. You can send an e-mail to [log in to unmask]
or add a comment here: 

http://collib.info/index.php/ColLib:Feedback

 

Regards

Magnus Enger

 

 

 

Emma McCulloch 

Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR) 

Department of Computer and Information Sciences 

University of Strathclyde 

Livingstone Tower 

26 Richmond Street 

Glasgow 

G1 1XH 

 

Phone: 0141 548 4752 

Fax: 0141 548 4523