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Al Cornish served at the WSU Libraries from 1999 to 2013, including as the Head, Library Systems from 2006 to 2013. Cornish previously worked as a Systems Librarian at the National Library of Medicine from 1997 to 1999, serving on the Relais document delivery system implementation team. Relais was used to automate and streamline the library's interlibrary loan and document delivery workflows; this implementation was part of NLM's efforts as a Federal Reinvention Laboratory. Cornish also worked as an automation librarian at the Texas A&M University Libraries from 1992 to 1997. He served (as Coordinator, Electronic Reference Services) on the team that opened Texas A&M's West Campus Library, a highly-automated library facility.
This collection primarily features library automation research, including areas such as digital collections and document delivery technologies.
Copyright 2013 Alan Cornish
Recent Submissions
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Using EZID to enhance access to research data
(10/26/2012)An Ignite talk on the importance of data citation and the ability of the EZID service, available to the Washington State University community, to support data citation. -
Technology tools used to create the Naval Reactors History Database
(3/30/2012)The Naval Reactors History Database is a unique online resource that provides access to publicly-available digital content on the joint United States Navy/Department of Energy nuclear propulsion program. The database ... -
XTF in 300 seconds
(2/7/2012)A description of the California Digital Library's eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) digital content platform and its use in supporting the Naval Reactors History Database (http://navalreactorshistorydb.info:8080/xtf/search). ... -
Blending open source and the cloud to build a discipline-specific repository
(6/13/2011)This presentation describes the blend of two tools – an open source digital content platform and low-cost, cloud-based infrastructure services – that are used to create an online, discipline-specific repository, the Naval ... -
MeSH autocomplete, and autocompletion more generally with WorldCat.org discovery
(2011-01-14)Two examples of autocompletion for WorldCat.org discovery. The first, developed by Jon Scott of Washington State University, is an application based upon an imported vocabulary, such as MeSH. The second uses the Freebase ... -
Building user services with OCLC's WorldCat Local
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The new Summit: Building the foundation for enhanced user services
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Where archives and special collections meet Web 2.0: Building next-generation archival tools
(2008-07-06)With the launch of large-scale book digitization projects, libraries will increasingly be distinguished by their special and archival collections, and by the services that they offer to provide access to these collections. ... -
Developing and Sustaining the Northwest Digital Archives
(Journal of Digital Information, 2008-06)The Northwest Digital Archives is a union database of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids from institutions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana. The purpose of the NWDA is to make information about ... -
Database manager's report
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Building next-generation archival access tools
(2008-03-04)With the launch of large-scale book digitization projects by companies such as Google and Microsoft, libraries will increasingly be distinguished by their special and archival collections, and by the services that they ... -
From proposal to program: Seven years of the Northwest Digital Archives
(2008-02-22)Northwest Digital Archives--a 31-institution consortium of archives in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska--was "born" at Online Northwest in 2001. In seven years, the consortium has built a successful program ... -
Enhancing metadata to support preservation in a repository system
(2007-03-23)Currently, the WSU Libraries is implementing an institutional repository system, WSU Research Exchange, designed to host the scholarly output of WSU faculty and other member of the university community. As one step in ... -
NWDA technical update, Archon archival management system
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Northwest Digital Archives Technology
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Building a digital repository WSU-style
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Native XML demonstration
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Preserving access to multimedia collections
(1/23/2006)