Hi Jeffrey -
There are some updates with the registry, which I plan to get to by the end
of the week. We have held a couple of meetings, and there is some new
funding to pursue some experiments with the registry. Iıll send out an
announcement once Iıve updated the website.
-- jaf
On 1/30/07 8:04 AM, "Jeffrey Barnett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is there anything new to report about Ockham. Both the web site and the
> wiki seem to have fallen silent after this announcement. I'm
> particularly interested in the assessment activity "estimated to begin
> in 3Q, 2005" (according to the wiki), and the format conversion service
> proposed by Emory, but missing from the service registry.
>
> Jeremy Frumkin wrote:
>> > Ockham Digital Library Service Registry 1.0 Released
>> >
>> > July 12, 2006
>> >
>> >
>> > The Ockham Digital Library Service Registry (DLSR) has reached its 1.0
>> > milestone, and is now available for public use and download. The DLSR is a
>> > distributed registry of digital library services. Institutions can
>> advertise
>> > their internet-available digital library services, such as Z39.50, OAI-PMH,
>> > OpenURL, etc., and discover other advertised services. The Ockham DLSR
>> > provides a user-friendly web interface, as well as machine accessible
>> > interfaces (SRU, OAI-PMH).
>> >
>> > For more information, please see the Ockham website http://ockham.org
>> >
>> >
>> > About the Ockham DLSR
>> >
>> > The Ockham DLSR is funded by a grant from the NSFıs National Science
>> Digital
>> > Library Program (DUE 0429202). Additional support has been provided by the
>> > Digital Library Federation and Oregon State University Libraries.
>> >
>> > About the Ockham Initiative
>> >
>> > The Ockham Initiative is an effort to promote a services-oriented approach
>> > for digital library systems and services. Four universities Emory, Notre
>> > Dame, Oregon State, and Virginia Tech received a grant from the National
>> > Science Foundation to pursue this effort. The Digital Library Federation >>
has
>> > also provided support for the Initiative.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -- jaf
>> >
>> > ===============================================
>> > Jeremy Frumkin
>> > The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services
>> > 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University
>> > Corvallis OR 97331-4501
>> >
>> > [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > 541.737.9928
>> > 541.737.3453 (Fax)
>> > 541.230.4483 (Cell)
>> > ===============================================
>> > " Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. "
>> > - Emerson
>
-- jaf
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Jeremy Frumkin
The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services
121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University
Corvallis OR 97331-4501
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541.737.9928
541.737.3453 (Fax)
541.230.4483 (Cell)
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" Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. "
- Emerson
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