A cross-platform solution for bibliographic record manipulation in digital libraries

  • Authors:

  • Wendy Osborn;Daljit Kaur;Kathy Crewdson;Ian Dew

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;NextLibrary, Inc., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;NextLibrary, Inc., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

  • Venue:
  • CIIT '07 The Sixth IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet, and Information Technology
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We investigate the problem of a collaborative digital library collection that allows librarians and non-librarians alike to share information on specific topics through MARC records. Many existing software tools for creating bibliographic records are not platform independent. Tools that are platform independent are integrated into library software and therefore cannot be used with any existing system. J-MARC is a cross-platform tool for creating and editing bibliographic records. J-MARC can be used in conjunction with any digital library software that supports the MARC record format. We present the architecture and functionality of J-MARC, along with an example application where J-MARC can be used alongside an existing digital library software package.