@article {martin_halbert_metascholar_2003,
	title = {The Metascholar Initiative: AmericanSouth.Org and MetaArchive.Org},
	journal = {Library Hi Tech},
	volume = {21},
	number = {2},
	year = {2003},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {182{\textendash}198},
	abstract = {This article reviews the "accomplishments and findings to date" of the MetaScholar Initiative (comprised of AmericanSouth.Org and MetaArchive.Org). The MetaScholar Initiative is a "two-year endeavor" aimed at fostering the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The MetaArchive is a demonstration project that arose from the belief that "services for researchers must do more than simply aggregate metadata." The MetaArchive was created to demonstrate "how contextual materials, and other sorts of information that add value to the basic functions of metadata aggregation and search" are feasible to integrate. To date, the projects have developed a central harvesting and indexing system, have developed a metadata aggregation network, have undertaken aggregation actives, have designed two working portals to facilitate online communities, and have selected of scholarly resources. Encountering various challenges, the projects have discovered that collaboration is difficult, that there needs to be more training and education on the OAI-PMH initiative, and, finally, quality controlling metadata is a particular challenge. The next steps for the projects are to further develop infrastructure and refine the portals. },
	issn = {0737-8831},
	doi = {10.1108/07378830310479820},
	url = {http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/07378830310479820},
	author = {Martin Halbert}
}