Article: The Pacific Rim Library: A Surprising Pearl
| Title | The Pacific Rim Library: A Surprising Pearl |
|---|---|
| Authors | Palmer, DT |
| Keywords | OAI Pacific Rim Library Pacific Rim Digital Library Association PRDLA PRL Information discovery and retrieval Indexing Metadata Deep Web |
| Issue Date | 2009 |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/serrev |
| Citation | Serials Review, 2009, v. 35 n. 3 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2009.04.004 |
| Abstract | The Pacific Rim Library (PRL) is an initiative of the Pacific Rim Digital Library Association (PRDLA). The project began in 2006 using the OAI-PMH paradigm and now holds over 300,000 records harvested from OAI data provider libraries around the Pacific. PRL's goal is to enable the sharing of digital collections amongst PRDLA members and the world, but greater unexpected benefits have been discovered. Through mirroring their metadata, PRL increases the chance that their data will be discovered in Google and other general search engines. With its many disparate collections, PRL is not a repository for traditional information discovery and retrieval. Initially users will bounce from a Google hit, to the PRL metadata record in Hong Kong, and then begin an intensive search on the original site which hosts the full digital object, in Vancouver, Honolulu, Wuhan, Singapore, or other PRDLA member location. |
| ISSN | 0098-7913 2010 Impact Factor: 0.707 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2009.04.004 |
| Scopus ID | eid=2-s2.0-69549105819 |
| HKUROS | 164291 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/54697 |
| References | References in Scopus |
| dc.contributor.author | Palmer, DT |
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-24T05:20:17Z |
| dc.date.available | 2009-06-24T05:20:17Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 |
| dc.description.abstract | The Pacific Rim Library (PRL) is an initiative of the Pacific Rim Digital Library Association (PRDLA). The project began in 2006 using the OAI-PMH paradigm and now holds over 300,000 records harvested from OAI data provider libraries around the Pacific. PRL's goal is to enable the sharing of digital collections amongst PRDLA members and the world, but greater unexpected benefits have been discovered. Through mirroring their metadata, PRL increases the chance that their data will be discovered in Google and other general search engines. With its many disparate collections, PRL is not a repository for traditional information discovery and retrieval. Initially users will bounce from a Google hit, to the PRL metadata record in Hong Kong, and then begin an intensive search on the original site which hosts the full digital object, in Vancouver, Honolulu, Wuhan, Singapore, or other PRDLA member location. |
| dc.description.nature | Postprint |
| dc.description.nature | Published_or_final_version |
| dc.identifier.citation | Serials Review, 2009, v. 35 n. 3 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2009.04.004 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2009.04.004 |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 164291 |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0098-7913 2010 Impact Factor: 0.707 |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid=2-s2.0-69549105819 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/54697 |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/serrev |
| dc.relation.references | References in Scopus |
| dc.subject | OAI |
| dc.subject | Pacific Rim Library |
| dc.subject | Pacific Rim Digital Library Association |
| dc.subject | PRDLA |
| dc.subject | PRL |
| dc.subject | Information discovery and retrieval |
| dc.subject | Indexing |
| dc.subject | Metadata |
| dc.subject | Deep Web |
| dc.title | The Pacific Rim Library: A Surprising Pearl |
| dc.type | Article |