Building a Community Library

A virtual library for building community and sharing knowledge

Libraries are hubs for social and intellectual interactions in communities and organizations. Virtual libraries should serve the same purpose, yet virtual libraries often focus simply on making their holdings available. In this article an on-line corporate library is described that places knowledge sharing and community building at the core of its design. The library system supports personal we...

Building Archaeological Photograph Library

The photographs taken at excavation fields are one of most important materials. It is expected to digitize and save these photographs in the computer system because of difficulty of management to many photographs and losing color problem. We designed and implemented prototype of archaeological photograph library. The library is designed based on Dublin Core Metadata Element set and XML We descr...

Building a Philanthropy Community

What Makes a Joint Use Library a Community Library?

Although the majority of joint use libraries in educational establishments provide at least an adequate level of service for their school, college, or university users, the standard of service they provide for members of the public is more questionable in many cases. This article considers the benefi ts and problems of joint use libraries from the perspective of their public users, providing ex...

Provo City Library: Building across a Century