We present a full text search engine in a collection of lyrics (text of songs) and coded notes (symbolic melody) as a part of digital library of Bulgarian folklore songs.

This paper is a final draft post-refereeing post-print; it is not the final copy as appeared in the journal. Please use the following citation when referencing this material: Dalbello, Marija (2005). “A Phenomenological Study of an Emergent National Digital Library, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework,” The Library Quarterly 75 (4:2005), pp. 391-420. The accompanying article, Part II, i...

Currently digital library of educational resources and services (DLE) for general education and vocational training systems is under active implementation in Lithuania. Its design is based on the idea of partition of digital learning resources to two separate parts (learning objects (content) and units of learning (learning methods/scenarios/ designs)) which have clear different functions, and ...

This contribution presents the initial steps in the creation of a Digital Library consisting of previous ERES proceedings. The series of ERES conferences started in 1993, but their visibility has predominantly been limited to the ERES website. Sixteen conferences related to Real Estate resulted in an interesting output of over two thousands papers and it makes sense to offer them to a broader a...

The Maryland Electronic Learning Community (www.learn.umd.edu) is building a multimedia digital library of educational resources. Now in the fourth year of the project, we evaluate early decisions we made about segmenting and indexing videos. We also discuss an experiment in encouraging collaborative community indexing with a Quick Indexing Tool. We conclude that a broader base of users would b...

Annotation is a key way in which documents grow and increase in value. This paper explores the possibility to use concepts extracted from documents by using a Natural Language Processing tool to characterize the content of digital theses. Then, using the results of the study, the paper explores the use of annotated theses in order to access to pertinent information stored in these documents and...

The Common User Interfaces for the ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library (ETRDL) are described and the underlying motivations for certain design decisions are discussed. The lessons that have been learnt from this experience are outlined and possible future developments are suggested.

This article analyses the challenges and tasks of Digital Library. Focus on the library’s internal IT support management and based on the example of Fudan University, the author gives E-Support concept and divides the IT support architecture of digital library into three levels: the reader service and management platform, the library staff IT service platform and the technician service and mana...

The article presents the results from the project of the thematic Digital Library of Polish and Poland-related Ephemeral Prints from the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, intending to preserve the unique multilingual material, make it available for education and extend it with the joint efforts of historians, philologists, librarians and computer scientists. The paper also puts forward the idea of...