Digital Libraries Services Network
www.dlservices.net
Currently residing at the
School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Alabama
List of currently hosted Digital Libraries
Organizations and people who have created links to hosted
Digital Libraries
Mission | Research | Personnel
| Technology | Participating
UA Units | Contact Info
MISSION
The DL Services provides hosting and systems support for the
digital libraries of the
Clinical
Digital Libraries Project (CDLP), a joint research, teaching and service
effort of the University of Alabama School of
Library and Information Studies and the University of North Texas School
of Library and Information Sciences.
RESEARCH
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Two recent JMLA papers related to
this project:
- MacCall, S.L. (2006). Clinical Digital Libraries Project: Design
approach and exploratory assessment of timely use from clinical contexts.
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 94, 190-197. (HTML
|
PDF)
- MacCall, S.L. (2006). Online medical books: Their availability and
an assessment of how health sciences libraries provide access on their public
websites. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 94, 75-80. (HTML
|
PDF)
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DL Services Network
Architecture and Interworking Schema: an
architecture that supports the professional management of digital libraries and
the subsequent integration of those services into patient record systems and
other applications
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Investigate a role for information architecture, classification/taxonomy
and ontology development for facilitating the effective navigation of
large-scale digital libraries;
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Evaluate contemporary industry enterprise architectures, such as Web Services
and J2EE, for enhancing digital library navigation
and usability;
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Investigate alternative (e.g., wireless and handheld device) access methods
for digital libraries;
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Develop metrics for accurately measuring traffic in digital libraries and their impact their impact on decisionmaking in organizations;
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Determine the effectiveness of data mining and other methods for inferring
patterns of digital library usage to inform development of advanced
functionalities.
PERSONNEL
Coordinator
Steven L. MacCall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
College of Communication and Information Sciences
The University of Alabama
Research Scientist and Systems Analyst
Eur.Ing. Ian E. Gibson B.Sc. M.I.E.E.
C.Eng. Ph.D.
University of Central Florida
System Architect and Java Technology Developer
David McMillan
University of Alabama
Interface Creator
Steven Turner, MLIS
Webmaster
University of Southern Mississippi Libraries
TECHNOLOGY
Technology of the DL Navigation Lab:
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Digital Libraries Navigation Management System (TM) software (under development):
PARTICIPATING UNITS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
CONTACT INFO
For information, please contact:
Steven L. MacCall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Alabama
Box 870252
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252
Telephone: 205.348.6727
smaccall@bama.ua.edu