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Pre-2003
As part of our overall effort to implement
a database-driven approach to building
the Library's web interface to electronic
resources, the CU Ejournals Metadata Project
has now implemented browsable lists of
ejournals on our LibraryWeb. Beginning
in July 2001, these lists will be generated
weekly from CLIO (Columbia's LMS).
For ejournals not cataloged in CLIO, the
Project will in the next phase (summer/fall
2002) provide a mechanism for distributed,
selector/reference librarian input of
preliminary or minimal-level ejournal
metadata which will then be integrated
and displayed as part of the catalog-derived
ejournal listings.
The Project's goal is to fully automate
the publication to the Web of browsable
ejournals listings — initially, by
title, publisher, society/sponsor and
subject category; in the next phase, by
geographic and other content. The
Project also addresses the related task
of creating "permanent URLs"
for ejournals in Columbia's supported
e-collections and provides an improved
workflow for the systematic proxying of
individual ejournal titles.
When the Ejournals Metadata Project is
complete, the same approach will be extended
to other eresource formats such as databases,
e-texts, etc.The application is implemented
using our Master
Metadata File, the CUL Hierarchical
Interface to LC Classification, and
our new Name
Resolver application. Java and
cgi scripting are used for MARC to MMF
conversion and HTML page generation. In
a later phase, the current batch web page
creation will be supplemented or replaced
by real-time database retrieval and display.
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Project Documentation (1999-2001)
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