Report for an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) Grant Partner Uplift Project. This report reviews the tools and software to support interoperability between digital repositories and the Library of Texas federated search. This review will be used for providing recommendations for best practices and workflows for installing software and tools onto Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS) and selected databases that support search interoperability.

Article discussing a study on a fixed effects panel data model and mathematics achievement in the United States.

Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century is the third edited book published by the University Council of Workforce and Human Resource Education (UCWHRE), formerly the University Council of Vocational Education (UCVE). The previous books, Beyond Tradition: Preparing the Teachers of Tomorrow's Workforce (Hartley & Wentling, 1996) and Beyond Tradition: Preparing Human Resource Development Educators for Tomorrow's Workforce (Stewart & Hall, 1998) reported trends in their respective fields and also addressed issues that are perennial to workforce education. This publication is somewhat different in that it represents a collaborative effort among members of the UCWHRE, the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education and the National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education. This collaboration symbolizes efforts to link theory and research to practice and practice to theory and research.

Presentation discussing the use of special diagnostic records in the context of Z39.50 and online library catalogs.

Article discussing a service-based approach for virtual libraries and the provision of services to patrons and other users built upon the collective personnel, information, and technological resources that constitute the library.

This report discusses standards in state library agencies. Little is known about state library agencies' policies for standards adoption and use. This study, undertaken in 1998, attempted to bridge the gap of information and understanding about the current situation of state library agencies' use, opportunities and issues related to technical standards.

This presentation discusses the MARC Content Designation Utilization (MCDU) Project. It presents information about the goals and scope of the project, the methodology and information about the process, and the implications of this project.

An operating assumption for the networked environment is that many different information systems need to interoperate for users to successfully discover and retrieve distributed resources. Meaningful interoperability is often elusive. In the library community, the Z39.50 standard protocol (ISO 23950/ANSI/NISO Z39.50) for information retrieval promised seamless and transparent networked access to library resources. Too often, the reality has not lived up to the promise. This paper discusses two efforts that offer solution paths to Z39.50 interoperability.

Paper discussing a two-dimensional approach for investigating issues of semantic interoperability in digital libraries.

This paper discusses metadata utilization. This paper reports results of an analysis of a large sample of MARC 21 bibliographic records.

The notion of open access to scholarly information is not new. In recent years, however, it has taken on prominence within the broader context of scholarly work, communication, and publishing. This brief paper intends to highlight and clarify key aspects of open access to assist UNTs initial discussions of the utility of open access for UNT researchers and scholars.

This study identifies strategies for enhancing access to Illinois libraries' holdings, where the strategies ensure the best stewardship possible for state and federal grant dollars for library automation and resources.

This is the project website for Z-Interop Phase 2: An Alternative Approach to Interoperability Testing. This website contains project documentation for Phase 2, with additional information on the previous Phase 1 project.

This is the project website for the research study Illinois Library Resources and Automation in the Networked Environment. It contains project documentation and resources resulting from the study.

This is the project website for the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Standards Committee AV on developing a U.S. national Z39.50 profile for library applications. It contains project documentation, committee member information, and additional resources.

This is the project website for the Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries, funded by a grant from the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board. It contains information on project documentation and their Final Report.

This is the project website for the research study Illinois Library Resources and Automation in the Networked Environment. It contains project documentation and resources resulting from the study.

Field notes taken during linguistics research on the Burushaski language, including work on the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.

Dataset generated for analysis of The Pear Story as told by Beshot Khullar. The data set includes a sound recording, transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files.

Transcript for The Story of Sombeel by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren Village Recorded by Daniel Tholung in 2000 as part of his collection on Lamkang culture and traditions.

Dataset generated for the retelling of the Pear Story by Grace Sankhil. The dataset includes a transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files including metadata to be used with SILs SayMore.

Dataset generated for a recording of Robert Leivon retelling the Pear Story. A transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files are included. The speaker was living in Delhi when the recording was made.

Dataset generated for the retelling of the traditional narrative Theipa paomin [The Squirrel Story]. The dataset includes a transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files that can be used with SIL'S SayMore.

Dataset generated for analysis of The Pear Story as told by Dilbung Kennedy (also known as D.B. Kennedy). The data set includes a sound recording, transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files.