Electronic Scientific Data & Literature Aggregation: A Review for Librarians.

The advent of large-scale digital repositories, along with the need for sharing useful data world-wide, demands change to the current information structure. The merging of digital scientific data with scholarly literature has the potential to fulfill the Semantic Web design principles. This paper w...

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Main Author: Barbara Losoff
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Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2009-12-01
Series:Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/2497
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spelling doaj-art-641ca908e1fc47368587b043a94e9ef62025-08-20T03:56:46ZengUniversity of Alberta LibraryIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship1092-12062009-12-015910.29173/istl2497Electronic Scientific Data & Literature Aggregation: A Review for Librarians.Barbara Losoff The advent of large-scale digital repositories, along with the need for sharing useful data world-wide, demands change to the current information structure. The merging of digital scientific data with scholarly literature has the potential to fulfill the Semantic Web design principles. This paper will identify factors leading to integration of databases and journal literature; discuss the visions of the merged format proposed by scientists; and librarians' role in this transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/2497
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