[email protected] c o n c u r r e n c y a n d pa r a l l e l i s m a r e usually discussed together, and they are both important in reorganizing a program for execution on multiple cores or multiple computers. Parallelism asks, “How can we break a program up into independently executing parts?” It is very much in the domain of compiler writers and library providers, as the necessary program...

If you're looking for a comprehensive and thorough book about the complicated world of library research instruction and undergraduate research papers, this is the book for you. The editors of The New Digital Scholar have collected papers written by librarians, writing instructors, and higher education administrators to give interdisciplinary insight on what they have termed " NextGen Students. ...

This paper provide details of the work and the lessons learned by the JISC funded Enrich project run by the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Enrich provided a clear focus for the integration and enhancement of the University of Glasgow’s repository, Enlighten, with other institutional systems, including our Research System [CRIS] (for funder data) and our Data Vault (for staff recor...

As networks continue to grow in size, speed and complexity, as well as in the diversification of their services, they require many ad-hoc configuration changes. Such changes may lead to potential configuration errors, policy violations, inefficiencies, and vulnerable states. The current Network Management landscape is in a dire need for an automated process to prioritize and manage risk, audit ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In any cooperative database the participants contribute their data for their own as well as the benefit of the other members, usually with incentives from the database administrators. A South African library network company (LIBNET) provided a networked service to participating libraries. Member benefits included conversion of their catalogues into machine-readable form, signi...

Ruth Sara Connell is Associate Professor of Library Services and Electronic Services Librarian at Valparaiso University; e-mail: [email protected]. Thanks to Drs. Fred and Tschera Connell for their helpful comments and feedback on earlier versions of this paper. ©2013 Ruth Sara Connell, AttributionNonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC This study examines h...

This chapter examines the influence of globalization on teaching and learning and the poor state of Information Literacy skills (IL) of students owing to the neglect of IL programmes in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Conceptualizing IL and situating it within the framework of the Nigerian higher institutions, the chapter discusses the implementation of IL programmes in these institutions and t...