On pattern-directed search of archives and collections

On pattern-directed search of archives and collections

This article begins by presenting and discussing the distinction between record-oriented and pattern-oriented search. Examples of record-oriented (or item-oriented) questions include: “What (or how many, etc.) glass items made prior to 100 A.D. do we have in our collection?” and “How many paintings featuring dogs do we have that were painted during the 19th century, and who painted them?” Stand...

the effects of cooperative versus individual directed reading thinking activities on students inferential and referential questions

two groups of students were assigned as experimental and control ones, and were given instruction on directed reading-thinking activities and after some treatment, they were post-tested. although the initial pre-test did not show any significant differences, the final post-test result revealed that the cooperative reading comprehension helped the experimental group. the cooperative students’...

Persistent Archives for Data Collections

Archives and special collections on women in medicine.

Visualizing Digital Collections of Web Archives

An important problem in web archiving is understanding and presenting how a single page changes over time. This is not only important for researchers, but can also be useful in educating the general public about the temporal and dynamic nature of the web. A common method for presenting webpage change is to display a set of thumbnails of the mementos, or archived pages. Although this can be a us...