The shortcomings and limitations of Library Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are examined, focusing on problems subject term specificity, inconsistent identification selection concepts as headings, retention outmoded inadequate cross-reference structure, low level indexing exhaustivity. These attributable to both Cutter's Rules for a Dictionary Catalog (the theoretical model upon which LCSH based), the unsystematic manner in LC has applied constructing entries its catalog. Methods improving...

The Digital Library Initiative (DLI) project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is developing information infrastructure to effectively search technical documents on Internet. authors are constructing a large testbed scientific literature, evaluating its effectiveness under significant use, and researching enhanced technology. They building repositories (organized collections) indexed multiple-source collections federating (merging mapping) them by searching material via multiple...

ABSTRACT The two primary means for accomplishing Open Access (OA) goals are the "author pays" or Gold model and "self-archiving" Green model, both of which can have variations hybrids. There is a growing schism between proponents models. Scholar uptake on self-archiving has been very limited. At same time, great deal concern expressed regarding particularly with regard to cost role peer-review lite journals. With evolving OA environment as backdrop, authors conducted survey university...

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library conducted an analysis 1,260 Data Management Plans (DMPs) submitted in National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals from July 2011 through November 2013. Each DMP was assigned controlled vocabulary and keyword terms which summarized the proposed data management mechanisms for storing sharing data. A database composed proposal's title, PI (Principal Investigator), PI's department college, NSF grant number, funded status, vocabulary,...

Data sharing and reuse are regarded as important components of the research workflow key elements in open science. While is well-documented some circumstances, utility data for all domains less clear, limited evidence wide-spread demand can make it challenging to justify effort funds required format, document, share, preserve data. This paper describes a project that: (1) surveyed authors highly cited papers published 2015 at University Illinois Urbana-Champaign nine STEM disciplines...

The Internet of the 21st Century will radically transform how we interact with knowledge. rise World Wide Web and information infrastructure have rapidly developed technologies collections for independent communities. In future, online be dominated by small collections. must similarly different to support indexing community searching across such Users consider themselves navigating in Interspace, logical spaces semantic indexes, rather than Internet, physical networks computer servers....

Libraries have greatly expanded their monetary and infrastructure investments in electronic journals. In addition, libraries dramatically e-journal holdings through consortial agreements, publisher licenses, aggregator subscriptions. User studies show a marked increase the use of e-journals growing reliance on online journals for scholarship instruction. The increased availability usage has presented with critical management, bibliographic control, access problems. This paper explores...

This article analyzes 21 in-depth interviews of engineering and atmospheric science faculty at the University Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to determine data management practices needs within context their research activities. A detailed literature review previous large-scale institutional surveys revealed that researchers have a broad awareness data-sharing mandates federal agencies journal publishers growing acceptance, with some concerns, value data-sharing. However, disciplinary...

SUMMARY Libraries are engaged in the development of customized portals or information gateways designed to reduce overload and provide enhanced access distributed resources. Among concerns that being addressed next generation library are: (1) providing navigation linking through rapidly growing number electronic resources, particular full-text resources; (2) capability searching multiple resources-such as periodical index databases, online catalog, Web search engines-from a single user...

SUMMARY Digital library technologies and implementations continue to evolve. Current digital work emphasizes the integration of distributed information resources with support services that facilitate locating, retrieving, organizing this content. The present working environment includes publisher full-text repositories, periodical index databases, Web-based resources, Web portals search engines, local such as online catalog custom databases. Emerging standards, extensible Markup Language...

Universities routinely employ research impact assessment mechanisms and tools for grant proposals, resource allocation decisions, funding budget requests. These metrics are often displayed in interactive visualizations dashboard displays. There is a growing trend libraries to be cooperatively involved the gathering provision of intelligence data. The University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has developed system generating groups within newly established Carle College Medicine. Using...

The speakers on this panel will discuss the curricular uses, partnership opportunities, infrastructure requirements, and planning results of institutionalizing for sustained support Virtual Reality experiences teaching learning in library settings. provide an opportunity those with some familiarity emerging technologies to extend their understanding field, help develop ideas new research areas related information science digital librarianship. also motivate JCDL audience participation...

Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu an abstract Session Number 2441 Metasearch Technologies Reference Work, OAI, Search Navigation Assistance William H. Mischo, Mary C. Schlembach Grainger Engineering Library Information Center University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Introduction Libraries librarians will continue to develop collaborate on access services that better address user information needs. It is important for libraries...