Information technology has transformed library and information services. Distinctive features of the electronic library include the shift towards self-service modes of delivery, with distributed access to networked resources, and a focus on the end user and tailored provision to meet particular client needs. Implicit in this model is a switch from print-based materials to new multiniedia source...

THISAKTICLE DESCRIBES HOW EXPERTS CREATE and use bundbs-organized, highly selective collections of information-to help solve problems and maintain situation awareness. In field observations of expert clinicians caring for patients in critical care units, bundles appear to be a widely used means of managing information to support diverse, complex, and often simultaneous tasks. They may be especi...

In this paper, we discuss some aspects of database support for digital libraries. From a DL perspective, database systems, and in particular, object database systems provide a nice basis for future DL systems. More generally , database research provides solutions to many DL issues even if these are partial or fragmented. When possible, work should not be duplicated and good software and ideas s...

Video Segmentation plays an integral role in many multimedia applications such as digital libraries, content management systems, and various other video browsing, indexing, and retrieval systems. Many algorithms for segmentation of video have appeared in the past few years. Most of these algorithms perform well on cuts, but yield poor performance on gradual transitions or special eeect edits. A...

Evolving user needs and relevance require continuous change and reform. A good digital collection has mechanisms to accommodate the di®ering uses being made of the digital library system. In a metadata management context, change could mean to transform, substitute, or make the content of a metadata record di®erent from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. In light of the evolving ...

purpose: the purpose of this paper is to identify the main elements of collection and collection management policy of information center & central library of ferdowsi university of mashhad. methodology: this study was an applied research study done through a survey analysis. the population of this study comprised of a representative group of managers, experts, and librarians. the data collectio...

Knowledge distribution and preservation caused automated document management to become a relevant research issue in Computer Science literature. Indeed, computers can offer a significant support to document management, indexing and retrieval based on meta-information that represents the knowledge they contain in a machine-understandable and processable format. This poses several sub-problems, t...

This paper addresses a significant aspect of digital rights management (DRM): the unique challenges of building a working DRM infrastructure for networked digital libraries or repositories. We outline how, based on our experience with building, populating and operating a digital library, many of the existing problems for the current generation of DRM technology are magnified in a distributed, n...

introduction: the purpose of this study was determine the application of knowledge management among the staff members of central, faculty, and hospital libraries at tabriz university of medical sciences (tabriz, iran), based on hissig model. hissig model consists of four processes including knowledge creation, storage, sharing, and application. methods: this descriptive survey included all of t...