The Sibbald Library Engraving Collection

Verovio: A library for Engraving MEI Music Notation into SVG

Rendering symbolic music notation is a common component of many MIR applications, and many tools are available for this task. There is, however, a need for a tool that can natively render the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) notation encodings that are increasingly used in music research projects. In this paper, we present Verovio, a library and toolkit for rendering MEI. A significant advantage...

Collection Maintenance in the Digital Library

Maintenance will be critical to digital libraries, especially those that promote broad access to diverse, informal materials. If ignored, maintenance issues within the digital library -especially those relating to its materials -will threaten its usefulness and even its long-term viability. We perceive the maintenance problem to be both technical and institutional, and this paper considers the ...

نقد و بررسی کتاب the collection of the quran

جان برتن استاد بازنشسته دانشگاه سنت‏اندروز، مولف کتاب جمع‏آوری قرآن است. این اثر در سال 1977 توسط انتشارات دانشگاه کمبریج به چاپ رسید. در نگاه اول، اثر مذکور مشتمل بر دو بخش و هر بخش دارای پنج فصل است. مولف در بخش اول به مسأله نسخ می‏پردازد و در مورد این که آیا قرآن سنت را نسخ کرده و یا بالعکس، به تفصیل سخن می‏گوید. نظرات شافعی و مخالفانش را در این‏باره به طور مشروح بیان می‏کند. وی سه شکل ن...

GIS Collection Development within an Academic Library

Locating usable spatial data is essential for the application and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS data collection development constitutes a core element of GIS services within academic libraries. Managers of geospatial resources require a fundamental understanding of the nature and use of GIS data. In the creation of a GIS collection development policy, library professionals sh...

Auditing an Academic Library Book Collection