Principles of identification: European perspectives [English version presented at the International Conference] = Principi di identificazione: prospettive europee [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale]
| Main Author: | Hakala, Juha |
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| Other Authors: | Sardo, Lucia, Gambari, Stefano, Guerrini, Mauro |
| Format: | Proceeding NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Editrice Bibliografica
, 2001
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/4091/1/hakala_eng.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/4091/2/hakala_ita.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/4091/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Identifiers, like metadata, serve many different purposes. They are of course very useful for searching, since they may provide a unique access key to the identified resource. Selling electronic and even traditional books and journals is very dependent in identifiers; if a book purchase order or ILL request contains ISBN, it is much easier to deliver the correct product. Identifiers are also good for libraries’ housekeeping functions, such as deleting duplicate records from union catalogues. Identifiers are also essential for resolution services, systems which provide persistent linking between references and the resources themselves. This article provides an overview of the present status and future challenges in identifying electronic resources, and a European view – or perhaps Finnish - on these issues. As of this writing (November 2001) there are still many open issues, and one of my aims to increase awareness of these. It is important to understand that the in the foreseeable future the way we identify resources in general and electronic resources in particular will change in a fundamental way, and this will have a major impact on our systems and the staff.