World Wide Web (WWW) and related information technologies are transforming the distribution of scientific and technical information (STI). We examine 11 recent, functioning digital libraries focusing on the distribution of STI publications, including journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. We introduce 4 main categories of digital library projects: based on the architecture ...

This paper presents solutions and lessons learned in the FinnONTO project carried out in Finland in 2003–2007. The paper focuses on three aspects of interoperability of digital collections. First, transforming thesauri to ontologies. Second, publishing ontologies for the use of indexers and content providers. Third, ontology based methods for improving the end user access to digital collections...

This paper will discuss and describe an operational example of a business model where scholarly publication (Sydney University Press) functions within an eScholarship framework that also integrates digital collections, open access repositories and eResearch data services. The paper will argue that such services are complementary, and that such a level of integration benefits the development of ...

We are looking at how new tools and forms of document interface can be used to support document centered discourse, to enrich documents with contextual information, and ultimately, to support models of organizational learning. Building on the Digital Document Discourse Environment (D3E) we have developed tools to support the publishing of digital documents tightly coupled with discussion spaces...

Media companies experimenting with electronic publishing are seeking for sustainable business models. Based on the case of the leading Danish business newspaper, Børsen, the move from traditional publishing towards electronic publishing is analysed. After a brief review of Børsen’s current business and core competences, the challenge of ‘going digital’ is examined from three perspectives – the ...

1. ABSTRACT We are developing support for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) as the first step in supporting electronic scholarly publishing in general. In this paper we discuss the planning and initial implementation processes undertaken at UNC as part of our migration from print to electronic theses. Because we found that existin...

This paper describes several scenarios for the management of digital media, focusing on electronic publishing from mobile environments. The solution proposed in those scenarios is based on MIPAMS (Multimedia Information Protection And Management System), a service-oriented Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform, which enables the creation, registration and distribution of multimedia content i...