Prof Bruce Royan, CEO, SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network) http://www.scran.ac.uk/ tel (+44) 131 662 1211 fax(+44) 131 662 1511 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:27:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Lorcan Dempsey <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: collection descriptio and cdl In some of our work we have been looking at 'collection descriptions'. A library OPAC might be a collection, or an image archive, or an electronic journal, or ... In discussion we sometimes run into a query as to why such things might be useful in future. A quick look at the very interesting California Digital Library, the 10th library of the University of California, shows why. http://www.cdlib.org/ Lots of interesting other stuff to see there. Lorcan Lorcan Dempsey <URL:http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/> ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ph: +44 (0)1225 826254 UKOLN (UK Office for Library & Info Networking) fx: +44 (0)1225 826838 University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%