VINE: Volume 32 Issue 4

Digital library and information systems: where are we heading?

Robin Yeates

States that the market for computer systems that manage digital content is currently in turmoil but that the overall direction of both library policy and supplier strategy seems…

Trends in integrated library systems

Catherine Ebenezer

Provides an overview of the present state of development of integrated library systems and identifies, describes and evaluates significant trends in the industry in relation to…

Web services: what they are and their importance for libraries

Maria Ineˆs Cordeiro, Joaquim de Carvalho

This paper introduces the main ideas and concepts underlying Web services, and their potential for a new generation of Internet‐based distributed applications. A summary of the…

Applications of outsourcing theory to collaborative purchasing and licensing

Christine Urquhart

Describes the various types of outsourcing arrangements used in information systems, and explains some of the theoretical perspectives that can be invoked to explain the behaviour…

Expanding the role of EAD: providing adequate metadata for digital as well as original archive documents

Anna Sexton, Chris Turner

This article discusses the use of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) as a metadata framework within applications that are primarily concerned with the provision of access to…