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Publication date: 1 June 2010

Jan Brase and Ina Blümel

The purpose of this paper is to describe the work being done at The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) to make non‐textual information, for example three…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe the work being done at The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) to make non‐textual information, for example three dimensional objects, more easily accessible. The goal is to create workflows and develop tools that allow academic libraries to treat this data in the same way as textual documents within the library processing chain. This implies content‐based indexing and the offering of new kinds of interfaces for searching and displaying results.

Design/methodology/approach

The work of TIB on non textual information is described as well as DataCite and its launch in December 2009.

Findings

That the launch of Datacite ensures that this agency will take global leadership for promoting the use of persistent identifiers for datasets, to satisfy the needs of scientists. It will, through its members, establish and promote common methods, best practices, and guidance.

Practical implications

The work of TIB and the launch of Datacite will ensure that non textual data will become more easily available to researchers.

Originality/value

The value of this work has been underlined recently with the controversy over the accessibility of climate change data.

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 38 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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Publication date: 1 June 2010

Mike McGrath

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 38 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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