D-Lib Magazine. May 2006

D-Lib Magazine. May 2006
Vol.12, No.5
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may06/05contents.html

EDITORIAL

Broad-topic Digital Library Conferences
by Bonita Wilson, CNRI

ARTICLES

Why OpenURL?
by Ann Apps and Ross MacIntyre, University of Manchester

Using Annotations to Add Value to a Digital Library for Education
by Robert A. Arko and Kim A. Kastens, Columbia University; and Kathryn M. Ginger and John Weatherley, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

A Technical Approach and Distributed Model for Validation of Digital Objects
by Justin Littman, Library of Congress

A Handful of Things: Calisphere’s Themed Collections from the California Digital Library
by Isaac Mankita and James Harris, University of California, Berkeley; and Ellen Meltzer, University of California Office of the President

PROJECT UPDATE

Digital Library Federation (DLF) Aquifer Project
by Katherine Kott, Digital Library Federation; Jon Dunn, Indiana University; Martin Halbert and Liz Milewicz, Emory University; Leslie Johnston, University of Virginia; and Sarah Shreeves, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

CONFERENCE REPORT

Integration of Services – Integration of Standards: Workshop Report, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague March 3, 2006
by Theo van Veen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek