$1.8 MILLION PROJECT SERVES AS MODEL FOR OTHER UNIVERSITIES.Hewlett-Packard Company and the MIT Libraries The library system of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began in 1862 with a gift of seven volumes. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the print and multimedia collections of the MIT Libraries include more than 5 million items, with 2. have unveiled a $1.8 million joint project to build a digital archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, that could serve as a model for other universities. The archive will be capable of holding the approximately 10,000 articles produced by MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology authors annually, including a large amount of multimedia content. In addition to establishing its own research team at the university, HP Labs will provide the university with $1.8 million for the two-year project to cover staff, equipment and space. The system is expected to be able to begin accepting submissions late next year. "Information technology is transforming higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. ," said MIT provost Robert A. Brown
Robert A. Brown (born July 221951) is the 10th president of Boston University. He was formerly the provost of MIT. . "This project will give MIT and other research universities the tools they need to capture the digital output of their institutions, just as they have with print." "The purpose of this project is to develop a scalable digital archive with storage, submission, retrieval, searching, access control, rights management and publishing capabilities," said Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year. Wolpert, director of the MIT Libraries. "As MIT's intellectual heritage makes its way into electronic form, the library must take responsibility for capturing those documents that will form the foundation of tomorrow's scholarship." "This digital archive will be designed in such a way that the underlying software, data models and methods can be shared freely with other academic institutions," said Dick Lampman, HP vice president of research and director of HP Labs. "Eventually, the project could be adopted by other research universities worldwide." The project will include articles written by faculty and researchers, technical reports from MIT labs and centers, and other electronic content deemed valuable by the MIT Libraries or its partners among the schools, labs and centers at the university. The electronic formats will include text, images, audio, video and datasets. "The digital archive will supplement, rather than replace, commercial publication by the MIT community," said Eric Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for publication elsewhere, as well as supporting data and images that would otherwise not be shared with the scholarly community." "Some people may believe that the Web already captures this content, particularly in the academic arena," said Bill Wickes, HP Labs manager for the MIT Libraries project, "but enhancements to the system are needed to ensure the integrity, flexibility and long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. value of the data." The project is designed to provide seven specific services that are not usually provided by the Web: stable, long-term storage; support for formats beyond HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. ; access control; rights management; versioning; community feedback; and flexible publishing capabilities. That means a scholar submitting his or her work would know that it would be available for future colleagues in various formats, protected by access control and rights management, linked to earlier and later versions of itself and capable of attracting feedback. About the MIT Libraries The MIT Libraries support the Institute's programs of study and research. Five major subject libraries, for Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Humanities, Science, and Management and Social Sciences, as well as five specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. libraries and the Institute Archives, offer access to a wide range of materials both print and electronic. The collection includes more than 2.5 million volumes, 17,000 current journals, and extensive collections of microforms, maps, scores, sound recordings, and videotapes. The Libraries' website "http://libraries.mit.edu" presents information about library services and provides access for the MIT community to 200 databases and 1200 electronic journals. Employing a staff of over 250, the MIT Libraries maintain membership in the Association of Research Libraries, the International Association of Technological University Libraries, the Online Computer Library Center, and the Boston Library Consortium. For more information, call 650/857-7277. |
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