Technical Services
Collection Development Policy:
The collections of the People's Virtual Library are continuously developed from current, appropriate web-based news sources. The librarian and the collection development team, composed of participants from Occupy Youngstown, Occupy Warren, and at-large members, select materials to submit to the librarian, who makes final development decisions and updates collection pages with the added item's title, publisher, publication date, and URL.
Metadata Profile:
Metadata used to describe collection items correspond to the following:
Sources to Monitor:
Quick Links:
Resources:
searchFAST
"FAST subject headings were developed by adapting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) with a simplified syntax, retaining the very rich vocabulary of LCSH while making the schema easier to understand, control, apply, and use."-OCLC.
http://fast.oclc.org/searchfast/
Calais Web Service
"The Calais web service automatically attaches rich semantic metadata to the content you submit."-Calais.
http://viewer.opencalais.com/
The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources
Online companion to the book. Frequently updated: last update 8-24-2009. Copyright Nick Tomaiuolo 2009.
http://web.ccsu.edu/library/tomaiuolon/theweblibrary.htm
Cataloging: Organizing Internet Resources: Non-Cataloging Approach
A collection held by the Internet Library for Librarians.
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/catinet1.htm
Collection-Level Cataloging Guidelines
http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/dcrm/wg4jd030407.pdf
Subject Cataloging
http://www.nccjapan.org/workbook/pdf/subjectcataloging.pdf
Code4lib Journal
Mission : "The Code4Lib Journal exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.
http://journal.code4lib.org/
Using Dublin Core - The Elements
"Description of the Document: This document is intended as an entry point for users of Dublin Core. For non-specialists, it will assist them in creating simple descriptive records for information resources (for example, electronic documents). Specialists may find the document a useful point of reference to the documentation of Dublin Core, as it changes and grows" (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative).
http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/elements.shtml
Google Docs
"Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, file storage and more."
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=1209600&continue=https://docs.google.com/%23&followup=https://docs.google.com/<mpl=homepage
DC-assist :: Dublin Core Assistant
"DC-assist is a small, flexible help utility for metadata applications and is intended to complement the help pages embedded within existing software."-DC assist homepage.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcassist/
DC-dot Dublin Core metadata editor
A CGI based Dublin Core metadata generator. Created by: Andy Powell. Maintained by: UKOLN Systems Support Team.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
Network Tools
Contents: Ping -- Lookup -- Trace -- Whois -- Express -- DNS Records -- Network Lookup -- Spam Blacklist Check -- URL Decode -- URL Encode -- HTTP Headers -- Email Verification.
http://network-tools.com/
Network Tools Help
Provides brief descriptions for the Network-Tools.com services.
http://network-tools.com/help/
WebJunction
"Our mission is to promote learning for all library staff by providing open, affordable online learning communities."-WebJunction
https://www.webjunction.org/
The collections of the People's Virtual Library are continuously developed from current, appropriate web-based news sources. The librarian and the collection development team, composed of participants from Occupy Youngstown, Occupy Warren, and at-large members, select materials to submit to the librarian, who makes final development decisions and updates collection pages with the added item's title, publisher, publication date, and URL.
Metadata Profile:
Metadata used to describe collection items correspond to the following:
- DC Title -
- "Definition: A name given to the resource. Comment: Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known."
- DC Publisher -
- "Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available. Comment: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity."
- DC Date -
- "Definition: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource. Comment: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF]."
- DC Identifier -
- "Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context. Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system."
- "Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context. Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system."
- (Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1: Reference Description, http://www.dublincore.org/documents/dces/)
Sources to Monitor:
- Alternet
- Truthout
- CounterPunch
- The Nation
- RT
- Common Dreams
- The Guardian
- Yes! Magazine
- EcoWatch : Fracking -- GMO
- Huffington Post
- Mother Jones
- Sustainable Pulse (Monsanto/GMO news)
Quick Links:
- Virtual Notepad
- Simple Dublin Core Generator
- Internet Library for Librarians
- Cataloger's Reference Shelf
- Search the People's Virtual Library
- Cataloging Internet Resources
- LOC Authority Headings Search
Resources:
searchFAST
"FAST subject headings were developed by adapting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) with a simplified syntax, retaining the very rich vocabulary of LCSH while making the schema easier to understand, control, apply, and use."-OCLC.
http://fast.oclc.org/searchfast/
Calais Web Service
"The Calais web service automatically attaches rich semantic metadata to the content you submit."-Calais.
http://viewer.opencalais.com/
The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources
Online companion to the book. Frequently updated: last update 8-24-2009. Copyright Nick Tomaiuolo 2009.
http://web.ccsu.edu/library/tomaiuolon/theweblibrary.htm
Cataloging: Organizing Internet Resources: Non-Cataloging Approach
A collection held by the Internet Library for Librarians.
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/catinet1.htm
Collection-Level Cataloging Guidelines
http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/dcrm/wg4jd030407.pdf
Subject Cataloging
http://www.nccjapan.org/workbook/pdf/subjectcataloging.pdf
Code4lib Journal
Mission : "The Code4Lib Journal exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.
http://journal.code4lib.org/
Using Dublin Core - The Elements
"Description of the Document: This document is intended as an entry point for users of Dublin Core. For non-specialists, it will assist them in creating simple descriptive records for information resources (for example, electronic documents). Specialists may find the document a useful point of reference to the documentation of Dublin Core, as it changes and grows" (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative).
http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/elements.shtml
Google Docs
"Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, file storage and more."
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=1209600&continue=https://docs.google.com/%23&followup=https://docs.google.com/<mpl=homepage
DC-assist :: Dublin Core Assistant
"DC-assist is a small, flexible help utility for metadata applications and is intended to complement the help pages embedded within existing software."-DC assist homepage.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcassist/
DC-dot Dublin Core metadata editor
A CGI based Dublin Core metadata generator. Created by: Andy Powell. Maintained by: UKOLN Systems Support Team.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
Network Tools
Contents: Ping -- Lookup -- Trace -- Whois -- Express -- DNS Records -- Network Lookup -- Spam Blacklist Check -- URL Decode -- URL Encode -- HTTP Headers -- Email Verification.
http://network-tools.com/
Network Tools Help
Provides brief descriptions for the Network-Tools.com services.
http://network-tools.com/help/
WebJunction
"Our mission is to promote learning for all library staff by providing open, affordable online learning communities."-WebJunction
https://www.webjunction.org/
