Based on the designing and implementation of metadata standard of Peking University Digital Library, this paper discusses the Chinese metadata standard and its related issues. It involves the metadata methodology – Metadata Standard Framework, and an analysis of an applied case – the generation of Rubbing Metadata Standard of Peking University Rare Book Digital Library.

This paper illustrates the results of an investigation that aimed at clarifying to what extent the system that is used for implementing the ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library can support the new metadata “relation with other documents”. Particular solutions for this extension are discussed.

digital preservation refers to an important aspect that most iranian digital library initiatives lack. this component is security. while a digital library may be misconceived as an information supply space without a physical form, the same security concerns in force for operation of physical library are valid. unlike the analog materials, all digital copies of digital materials are original. a ...

We consider splitting and stabilization of second-order solitons (2-soliton breathers) in a model based on the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, which includes a small quintic term, and weak resonant nonlinearity management (NLM), i.e., time-periodic modulation of the cubic coefficient, at the frequency close to that of shape oscillations of the 2-soliton. The model applies to the light propagati...

The ability to conduct efficient literature searches is fundamental to the practice of evidence-based dentistry. In the second part of this series on evidence-based dentistry, strategic literature search techniques are discussed. MEDLINE, because of its breadth, depth and continuous maintenance by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), is the best source of evidence for health care. Altho...

We demonstrate the effectiveness of the nonlocal means (NLM) filter for speckle denoising in digital holography. The speckle noise adapted version of the NLM filter is compared with other common speckle denoising filters and is found to give better visual and quantitative results.

Medical librarians have often been overlooked as important contributors to hospital disaster preparedness. Recognizing the importance of medical libraries and their potential in disaster planning and management, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC), formed a pilot Disaster Information Specialist Project. This paper describes the prelimi...

The study aims to outline the current view of the scientific production on counseling psychology from the analysis of theses and dissertations defended in the postgraduation program within the Brazilian context. The searches were carried out in the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations at USP along with CAPES theses database. Thirteen dissertations were recovered and five theses were defe...