A Data Architecture for Library Collections

ABSTRACT

The current ad-hoc, organically grown system of digital library inventory management is inefficient, ineffective, and costly, both in dollar terms and in the time and effort of librarians and users. UConn is building a data architecture framework that is integrated in a larger concept of how library data is acquired, managed, and delivered. Collection development policy, data architecture, and information architecture combine to create a strategic framework for collections-based library activities.

KEYWORDS:

• digital libraries
• collection development
• data architecture
• information architecture
• data curation