@article {timothy_w._cole_search_2004,
	title = {Search and discovery across collections: the IMLS digital collections and content project},
	journal = {Library Hi Tech},
	volume = {22},
	number = {3},
	year = {2004},
	note = {00021},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {307{\textendash}322},
	abstract = {Cole and Shreeves open this article by establishing that while the proliferation of digital resources has increased the ability for engagement with materials online, the magnitude of this potential "is tempered for many end-users by the difficulties in locating specific, desired information resources within the almost overwhelming aggregation of information now available." In this essay, Cole and Shreeves examine a grant-funded research initiative tasked with addressing these issues of aggregation. The goal of the project is to collect "item-level metadata for digital collections and content associated with IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) and NLG (National Leadership Grant) projects." The project objective was to facilitate a network/map of resources in order to situate them in context and make them more accessible to end-users. Cole and Shreeves argue that digital resources need to strike a middle-ground between Google-like approaches and the laborious undertaking of "large scale (and accordingly high-cost) monolithic digital library solutions." In conclusion, Cole and Shreeves reiterate that the "advent of the Web and other related digital technologies presents a good opportunity for increased content sharing and collaboration in the development of information systems." Creating frameworks that make this content more visible and accessible will only increase its potential for research. },
	issn = {0737-8831},
	doi = {10.1108/07378830410560107},
	url = {http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/07378830410560107},
	author = {Timothy W. Cole and Sarah L. Shreeves}
}