Mark Young, Benjamin Bolduc, Daniel P. Shaughnessy, Francisco F. Roberto, Yuri I. Wolf, Eugene V. Koonin Thermal Biology Institute and Departments of Microbiology, Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA; National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda...

Daniel Lozier Ronald Boisvert Joyce Conlon Marjorie McClain Bruce Fabijonas Raghu Kacker Bruce Miller F.W.J. Olver Bonita Saunders Abdou Youssef Charles Clark (NIST PL) Gloria Wiersma (NIST PL) Charles Hagwood (NIST ITL) Nell Sedransk (NIST ITL) Qiming Wang (NIST ITL) Shauntia Burley (Student) Michael Huber (Student) Elaine Kim (Student) Richard Askey (U. of Wisconsin, Madison) Michael Berry (U...

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The National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Male data set consists of digital magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT), and anatomic images derived from a single male cadaver. The data set is 15 gigabytes in size and is available from the National Library of Medicine under a no-cost license agreement. The history of the Visible Human Male cadaver and the methods and technology to ...

This paper describes a layered approach to selection and use of open standards which is being developed for digital library development work within the UK. This approach reflects the diversity of the technical environment, the service provider's environment, the user requirements and maturity of standards by separating contextual aspects; technical and non-technical policies; the selection of a...

Experience in setting up a comprehensive journal processing system based on the TEX typesetting system with the CEDRAMworkflow is described, following the example of the Archivum Mathematicum journal. The system automates the preparation of issues and simultaneously generates the materials needed for the Czech Digital Mathematics Library project (DML-CZ). The second part of the article describe...

E-books are full-text electronic versions of published books that can be read on special hand-held devices or computers. This paper discusses what e-books are, their advantages and disadvantages, e-book technologies and market players and the role of e-books in libraries. It concludes that the loan of e-books has the potential to reduce inter-library loan (ILL) traffic.