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LIS 671 DIGITAL LIBRARIANSHIP Fall 2014

LIS 671 DIGITAL LIBRARIANSHIP Fall 2014. Session 5-a. Digital Collections of Biographies. Dr. Péter Jacsó University of Hawai’i Library and Information Science Program. Scope Size Composition Accuracy Objectivity Currency Name disambiguation

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LIS 671 DIGITAL LIBRARIANSHIP Fall 2014

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  1. LIS 671 DIGITAL LIBRARIANSHIPFall 2014 Session 5-a. Digital Collections of Biographies Dr. Péter Jacsó University of Hawai’iLibrary and Information Science Program

  2. Scope Size Composition Accuracy Objectivity Currency Name disambiguation Handling of accented characters, hyphenated names Romanized names Jacso

  3. The Khadafi, Ghadafi, Quadafi, Khaddafi, Khadaffi, Ghaddaff, Ghadaffi problem (Wikipedia 2011) Jacso

  4. Library of Congress alternatives (Cecil Adam’s collection) Jacso

  5. An exercise from my Advanced Searching courseThere is one solution that can significantly help in cutting this Gordian knot of Romanization mess. Jacso

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  7. Subscription-based databases with biographical information Jacso

  8. Open Access Sources with biographical information Jacso

  9. Hard to find!

  10. Much improved recently, under legal pressure for removing defamatory entries Jacso

  11. Such as this excerpt shows Jacso

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