DLIST: Building an International Scholarly Communication Consortium for LIS
Anita Sundaram Coleman, Ph.D. & Paul Bracke, M.L.S. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
School of Information Resources & Library School of Information Resources & Library ScienceScience
&&Arizona Health Sciences LibraryArizona Health Sciences Library
University of Arizona University of ArizonaCALIBER Conference 2003CALIBER Conference 2003
GoalsTo serve as a repository for electronic
resources in Library & Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT)
Two areas of special emphasisInformation Literacy: Papers, Bibliographic Information Materials, Pathfinders, TutorialsInformetrics: Research publications and accompanying data sets
DLIST Nuts and Bolts
Eprints v.2.1.Developed at the University of Southampton
Principal Ideas Self-archivingDiscipline RepositoryInteroperability
Advantages of depositing in DLIST
Visibility and impact of deposited work increases.Barriers to access of materials in LIS and IT are lowered by making them freely available.A wide range of resources created by researchers and practitioners in LIS and IT are available.Global access to academic information is enabled. DLIST contents are accessible through the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.
Who are we targeting?
Educators and Researchers in Library & Information Science and Information Technology can self-register and deposit their papers.
Practitioner partners can contribute ‘papers’, ‘bibliographies’, ‘pathfinders’, ‘help pages’, ‘guides’, ‘tutorials’ etc.
Materials Included in DLIST
Published papersData setsLibrary Instruction and help
materialsPathfindersReportsBibliographies
Future EnhancementsFocus collection development on a ‘digital
core’ collection for LIS. Implement Citation Indexing Implement GreenStone Digital Library
full-text search.Add subject editors to maintain quality
and oversee deposits.Long range goal: Separate collections
within the archive .
Contact Information
URL : http://dlist.sir.arizona.eduPaul Bracke: +1 (520) 621-4872Email: [email protected]
DLIST PeoplePrinciple Investigator - Dr. Anita S. Coleman
Project Manager - Paul Bracke
Site Administrator - Subramaniam Karthik
Logo Design - Lisa Waite BunkerEuropean Liaisons - Maria Ines Cordeiro & Aida Slavic
Partners - Dr. Mike Thelwall, Dr. Robert Williams
Funding - Prop 301, ITCDI, University of Arizona
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