EDITORIAL, by Ruth C. Carter

PROFILES IN DIGITAL INFORMATION, by Laurel Jizba, Editor        

Bibliographic Data Mining: automatically building bibliographic component part records for e-journal articles on the Internet. By Ying Li, Dick R. Miller, and Mary Buttner
Abstract. This paper is based on a presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in May 2000. With the rapid expansion of fulltext on the World Wide Web, Internet navigation has become a serious concern to libraries. To increase access to fulltext digital resources and minimize staff effort, Stanford's Lane Medical Library began a Bibliographic Data Mining project in February 1999. With limited human editing, the PERL scripts captured relevant URLs from selected e-journal Web sites and automatically created basic MARC component part bibliographic records for the articles in those journals. This project demonstrated that bibliographic data mining is a feasible methodology for improving the effectiveness of access to Internet resources within the context of the online catalog. It provided valuable experience in managing digital resources and highlighted the need for more consistent metadata.
Keywords:  fulltext digital resources, automated cataloging, Perl scripting, URLs, metadata

Cataloguing Internet Resources. By Jytte Hansen and Kirsten Strunck
Abstract: Five problems concerning cataloguing Internet resources using AACR2 have been discussed by Arlene G. Taylor. This article discusses the solutions chosen to these problems in the revision of the Danish version of AACR2 and in the INDOREG projects, which were carried out by The Danish Bibliographic Centre prior to including records of Internet resources in The Danish National Bibliography.
Keywords: Cataloguing, Internet, Electronic Resources, Internet Documents, Internet Publications, AACR2, ISBD, Danish National Bibliography, Denmark

On Cataloging Internet Resources:  voices from the Field. By Mellissa J. Hinton
Abstract:  Academic librarians from six different institutions of higher learning were interviewed regarding their experiences with cataloging of Internet resources for inclusion into online public access catalogs.  They discussed selection procedures and how they began cataloging these resources.  They identified problems which have been encountered in the process, described their efforts at maintaining web addresses, and discussed access to web resources both through the catalog and library web pages.  They also shared philosophical thoughts on the catalog and the need to catalog electronic resources.
KEYWORDS:  Cataloging Internet resources – Experiences of academic librarians

Use of META Tags for Internet Documents. By Elaine A. Nowick
Abstract.  The number of web pages incorporating META tags into HTML coding was determined for web sites linked to the University of Nebraska Agricultural Network Information Center (AgNIC) Plant Science Page. META tags were examined by domain and year of last update using the View/ Document Source option on Netscape. The "keywords" META tag was included in coding for 23% of the web pages while 21% had a "description" META tag. The COM domain sites had the highest percentage of pages with META tags. META tag use by year of last update indicated increases in inclusion.
Keywords: metadata, Internet, World Wide Web, metatag use, domain  

NEWS FROM THE FIELD
        Gerry McKiernan, Editor

BOOK REVIEW

The Organization of Information, by Arlene G. Taylor.
                        Reviewed by Gerry McKiernan

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