2007 Volume 50 Issue 3 Pages 123-134
“Digital Okayama Dai-Hyakka” is a digital library system designed by Okayama Prefectural Library to make an encyclopedia of information about Okayama Prefecture available on the Web. Residents of Okayama also participate in building the collection of information. It consists of the following three service functions: 1) “Okayama Prefecture Inter-library Catalogue Search Engine”: Across-OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) search function which serves as union catalogue network. 2) “Hometown Information Network”: A collection of Okayama related digital contents in multiple formats, including text, image, audio and video. 3) “Reference Database”: A collection of reference data that have been submitted to date. “Digital Okayama Dai-Hyakka” is built on a network of many related organizations and residents of Okayama. This network is based in many libraries, but it is more than just a library, it is a regional information hub.
