Digital Conversations--The Library is Dead. Long Live the Library!

The TPP Is Dead, Long Live the TPP? A Response to Recent Commentaries

The Ambient Digital Library

Conventional digital libraries increasingly support remote access from mobile devices. However, the archetypical mobile user differs from the conventional user in a number of aspects; of these the most important is context. Synonymous with mobile computing is the context concept, and factoring the availability of select contextual elements into the design of digital libraries offers significant...

The ChemCollective Digital Library

The ChemCollective (http://www.chemcollective.org/). is a digital library of activities for introductory college and high school chemistry. The collection includes virtual labs that allow students to design and carry out their own experiments, scenario based learning activities that invite students to apply their knowledge to real world situations, and interactive tutorials that support student...

Compressing the Digital Library

these two are in tension—data compression saves space, but at the expense of added access time; and indexing methods provide fast access, but usually at the expense of considerable amounts of additional storage space. Indeed, a complete index to a large body of text can be larger than the text itself—after all, it might store the location of every word in the text. The prospect of digital libra...

Identify the components of appointing library managers

Purpose – Libraries as one of the most important scientific, educational, research, social and cultural centers have an effective role in the development of information, awareness and human knowledge that the realization of their goals requires specialized and experienced managers to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of libraries. Is. But the goals of libraries will not be possible with...