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Les bibliothèques des collèges d'enseignement général et professionnel du Québec (1976-1999) : l'urgence d'une relance
Marcel Lajeunesse et Daniel Morin

Following up on two previous studies (1986 and 1994), the authors analyze a set of indicators to examine the evolution of CEGEP libraries during the decade of the 1990s, and to determine their present condition. The indicators selected are: collections, services offered, personnel, users and financial data.

To obtain a long-term view of the libraries in Quebec's CEGEPs, this study takes into account the results of the two previous studies, and compares performance indicators for the years 1976, 1983, 1992 and 1999.

Le Dublin Core, un exemple de métadonnées
Suzanne Bureau et Nathalie Ebacher

This article explains the concept of metadata by studying a particular case. Following a short introduction to the world of metadata in general, the authors present the Dublin Core, a metadata element set intended to facilitate discovery of electronic resources on the web. It is a simple system intended to be usable by non-catalogers as well as resource description specialists. Several projects are mentioned, some of which are not based on the Dublin Core, as well as a number of tools which do use the Dublin Core. The observation is made that the world of metadata is vast and fascinating.

Un système de gestion automatique des pages thématiques des ressources choisies au réseau Internet
Marcel Simoneau et Cao Lieu Nguyen

This article describes an automated system for managing theme pages of Internet resources chosen for their relevance to academic topics. Theme pages contain the bibliographic elements required to identify and access Internet resources, elements such as URL, title, subject, etc. Manually maintaining the theme pages involves a number of tedious steps, such as checking for broken hyperlinks and adding, modifying and deleting entries. The system described here provides for automatic detection of broken hyperlinks and for speedier updating of entries by means of forms.The prime benefit for the users is the ability to access the resources using search criteria integrated into the theme pages of the UQAM Library web site. The article describes the architecture and the operation of the software developed, its incorporation into the web site, and the conclusions derived from this experience.