From: Carolyn S Larson <clar_at_loc.gov>
The Library of Congress Portals Applications Issues Group (LCPAIG)
announces the establishment of a home page at
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/lcpaig/paig.html.
The group was formed in autumn 2002 to search for portal products that
would best meet the reference and research needs of Library of Congress
staff and users and to promote the Bibliographic Control of Web
Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan (available at:
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/actionplan.html>;;[12/02]) work
item 2.1 calling for development and enhancement of portal functionality
for the benefit of the library community in general. To help support
this group's dual purposes, the LCPAIG Web "Home Page" was constructed.
The URL for this resource is:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/lcpaig/paig.html ; [12/02].
The LCPAIG Home Page lists the goals, tasks, and members of the Library
of Congress Portals Applications Issues Group. It also presents a list
of some selected portal products with links to the Web pages of the
vendors and the products themselves. In addition, the Home Page also
includes a list of examples of portal systems used by libraries and
links to selected Web resources that discuss issues regarding library
portals in general. LCPAIG will continue to make additions to all of
these lists of portal products, vendors and resources. Also under
development and to be added later is an inventory of both essential and
desirable features of a successful portal application; this will provide
a checklist of functionality that might assist libraries in evaluating
portal products.
Mention of and linking to portal product and their creators or vendors
does not constitute an endorsement by the Library of Congress of any of
the products, and are given ontis Web page as a convenient nexus for
anyone trying to find out more about them.
The LCPAIG welcomes comments on the content of its Home Page as well as
suggestions for its further development. Please direct your suggestions
to Gary Huggens, automation operations coordinator, Social Sciences
Cataloging Division, at: ghug_at_loc.gov .
Carolyn Larson
Business Reference Specialist
Science, Technology & Business Division
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540
Voice: 202-707-6242
Fax: 202-707-1925
Email: clar_at_loc.gov
Received on Wed Dec 18 2002 - 06:48:39 EST