How to Build a Digital LibraryHow to Build a Digital Library reviews knowledge and tools to construct and maintain a digital library, regardless of the size or purpose. A resource for individuals, agencies, and institutions wishing to put this powerful tool to work in their burgeoning information treasuries. The Second Edition reflects developments in the field as well as in the Greenstone Digital Library open source software. In Part I, the authors have added an entire new chapter on user groups, user support, collaborative browsing, user contributions, and so on. There is also new material on content-based queries, map-based queries, cross-media queries. There is an increased emphasis placed on multimedia by adding a "digitizing" section to each major media type. A new chapter has also been added on "internationalization," which will address Unicode standards, multi-language interfaces and collections, and issues with non-European languages (Chinese, Hindi, etc.). Part II, the software tools section, has been completely rewritten to reflect the new developments in Greenstone Digital Library Software, an internationally popular open source software tool with a comprehensive graphical facility for creating and maintaining digital libraries.
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... shows that as far as the developing world is concerned, digital libraries themselves may be killer apps for computer technology. 1.1. Libraries. and. Digital. Libraries. Is a digital library an institution or a piece of technology? The term ...
... shows the digitized version of the actual program produced for this show. The thumbnail shown on the left is quick to load, and the main area of the page is taken up with a larger version. A zoom control allows the user to alter the ...
... shows the number of searches for 2008 U.S. presidential candidates on Google throughout the election year. The major spike for Palin occurred when she was chosen as McCain's vice-presidential running mate; that for Obama was when he was ...
... shows a screenshot of an online reference interview in which a patron seeks books by Kurt Vonnegut and a librarian sends her a page from the online catalog. The figure is taken from a round-the-clock reference service that offers real ...
... shows an example of this, taken from the Library of Congress's vast online catalog. In the figure, a user is browsing the listed works of Noam Chomsky (there are over 190). Check boxes are provided down the left-hand side to select ...