Nordic Results from the PISA Digital Reading Assessment

Digital Archives at the University of Pisa

At the end of the '90s, the Library System Centre of the University of Pisa began to create a system of digital archives in order to enhance and promote the Institution activities regarding teaching, research and administration: 1. ETD (Electronic Thesis and Dissertations); 2. UnipiEprints.

Reading Barcodes from Digital Imagery

This document was prepared for Dr. John Loomis as part of the written PhD. candidacy exam by Timothy R. Tuinstra. This report provides a look at the automatic detection and decoding of barcodes found within imagery. Such techniques could conceivably be used in the retail, manufacturing, inventory and travel industries as well as others. A general description of barcodes is included as well as a...

Learning for Tomorrow’s World: First Results from PISA 2003

Policy and Practice Implications of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 Report of the International Reading Association PISA Task Force April 2003 Task Force Members

Digital Reading: The transformation of reading practices

The paper aims to present the preliminary results of a two-year project having as scope the future of the book and libraries stemming from the current reading practices in Portugal. In the scope of the project, the presentation of the findings will be focused on the mobile consumption practices in Portugal. This research is based on a mixed methodology: a quantitative survey – Network Society i...