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    • Digital Mechanism and Gear Library – Multimedia Collection of Text, Pictures and Physical Models 

      Brecht, Rike; Brix, Torsten; Döring, Ulf; Henkel, Veit; Krömker, Heidi; Reeßing, Michael (2009)
      We are presenting a digital engineering library – the Digital Mechanism and Gear Library (DMG-Lib). The existing worldwide knowledge in form of books, drawings, physical models etc. is mostly scattered, difficult to ...
    • Divergence and convergence within Greek library education: An applied vs a theoretical approach 

      Κυριακή-Μάνεση, Δάφνη; Kyriaki Manesi, Daphne (2008)
      This paper explores the differences and similarities of the three library schools educating librarians and information professionals in Greece. The structure of higher education in Greece has recently undergone major changes ...
    • DL Education in the EU and in the US: where Are We?, Where Are We Going? 

      Gradman, Stefan; Saracevic, Tefko; Larsen, Ron; Casarosa, Vittore; Tammaro, Anna Maria; Aparac Jelušic, Tatjana (2009)
    • DocML: a digital library of university data 

      Παπαδάκης, Ιωάννης; Καρακοϊδας, Βασίλειος; Χρυσικόπουλος, Βασίλειος; Chrissikopoulos, Vassilis; Karakoidas, Vassileios; Papadakis, Ioannis (2002)
      This paper presents DocML, a Web-based digital library of university data. The goal is to build a system capable of preserving and managing student assignments efficiently in a university environment. It is based on a ...
    • Editorial for the TPDL 2015 special issue 

      Mazurek, Cezary; Werla, Marcin; Kapidakis, Sarantos; Καπιδάκης, Σαράντος (2016-09)
      An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses articles on topics including a semantic architecture for the preservation and interpretation of Irish historical vital records, the concept of a file history graph ...
    • Eliminating query failures in a work-centric library meta-search environment 

      Καπιδάκης, Σαράντος; Σφακάκης, Μιχάλης; Kapidakis, Sarantos; Sfakakis, Michalis (2009)
      Purpose - This paper aims to describe how approaches such as semantic based query rewritings and FRBR work entities composition could solve existing problems and improve the overall behavior of a mediated based meta-search ...
    • Enabling Content-Based Image Retrieval in Very Large Digital Libraries 

      Bolettieri, Paolo; Esuli, Andrea; Falchi, Fabrizio; Lucchese, Claudio; Perego, Raffaele; Rabitti, Fausto (2009)
      Enabling e ective and e cient Content-Based Image Re- trieval (CBIR) on Very Large Digital Libraries (VLDLs), is today an important research issue. While there exist well-known approaches for information retrieval on textual ...
    • Europeana and EuropeanaLocal: the context for local and regional digital content in Europe 

      Davies, Rob (Future library, 2010)
      The presentation will provide a brief update on key developments in the Europeana initiative and will go on to describe the contribution made by the Europeana Local project to demonstrating the contribution of digital ...
    • Europeana Τρόποι και διαδικασία συμμετοχής 

      Πολυβίου, Ζάχος; Polyviou, Zachos (Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη, 2012)
    • Europeana: opening up access to our cultural heritage 

      Purday, Jonathan (Future library, 2010)
      Europeana opens up access to three elements of our digitised cultural heritage: the code, the data and the content. Our code base is open source, so the developer community can refine and re-use it to develop aggregation ...
    • Evaluation in Context 

      Kamps, Jaap; Lalmas, Mounia; Larsen, Birger (2009)
      All search happens in a particular context—such as the particular collection of a digital library, its associated search tasks, and its associated users. Information retrieval researchers usually agree on the importance ...
    • Evaluation of digital libraries 

      Τσάκωνας, Γιάννης; Καπιδάκης, Σαράντος; Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Landoni, Monica; Micsik, András; Sølvberg, Ingeborg T.; Tsakonas, Giannis; Kapidakis, Sarantos; Papatheodorou, Christos; Fuhr, Norbert; Klas, Claus-Peter; Agosti, Maristella; Peters, Carol; Aalberg, Trond; Hansen, Preben; Kovács, László (2007)
      Digital libraries (DLs) are new and innovative information systems, under constant development and change, and therefore evaluation is of critical importance to ensure not only their correct evolution but also their ...
    • Examining how end users use and perceive digital libraries: a qualitative approach 

      Μονόπωλη, Μαρία; Monopoli, Maria (2009)
    • Exchange libraries: Greece’s response to a global trend 

      Μπίκος, Γιώργιος Δ.; Παπαδημητρίου, Παναγιώτα; Bikos, Georgios D.; Papadimitriou, Panagiota (2017)
      The purpose of this study is to attempt a brief presentation of book exchange practices, as these are unfolding around the world. Then, the authors focus on free exchange libraries and analyse different aspects of the ...
    • Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: communities, cultures and diversity in concepts and practices 

      Harding, Rachel J; Neylon, Cameron; Hillyer, Rebecca (etc.) (IOS Press, 2017)
    • An experimental framework for comparative digital library evaluation: The logging scheme 

      Καπιδάκης, Σαράντος; Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Τσάκωνας, Γιάννης; Klas, Claus-Peter; Fuhr, Norbert; Kriewel, S.; Albrechtsen, Hanne; Hansen, Preben; Kovács, László; Micsik, A.; Jacob, E.; Kapidakis, Sarantos; Tsakonas, Giannis; Papatheodorou, Christos (2006)
      Evaluation of digital libraries assesses their effectiveness, quality and overall impact. In this paper we present a novel, multi-level logging framework that will provide complete coverage of the different aspects of DL ...
    • Exploiting individual users and user groups interaction features: methodology and infrastructure design 

      Di Buccio, Emanuele; Melucci, Massimo (2009)
      The user may be a source of evidence for supporting infor- mation access through Digital Library (DL) systems. In particular, the features gathered while monitoring the interaction between the user and a DL system can be ...
    • Exploiting network analysis to investigate topic dynamics in the digital library evaluation domain 

      Παπαχριστόπουλος, Λεωνίδας; Σφακάκης, Μιχάλης; Κλειδης, Νικος; Τσάκωνας, Γιάννης; Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Papachristopoulos, Leonidas; Sfakakis, Michalis; Kleidis, Nikos; Tsakonas, Giannis; Papatheodorou, Christos (2016)
      The multidimensional nature of digital libraries evaluation domain and the amount of scientific production published on the field hinders and disorientates the interested researchers who contemplate to focus on the specific ...
    • An exploration of the digital library evaluation literature based on an ontological representation 

      Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Τσάκωνας, Γιάννης; Παπαχριστόπουλος, Λεωνίδας; Μητρέλης, Άγγελος; Papatheodorou, Christos; Tsakonas, Giannis; Papachristopoulos, Leonidas; Mitrelis, Angelos (2013)
      Evaluation is a vital research area in the digital library domain, demonstrating a growing literature in conference and journal articles. We explore the directions and the evolution of evaluation research for the period ...
    • Exploring perspectives on the evaluation of digital libraries 

      Τσάκωνας, Γιάννης; Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Tsakonas, Giannis; Papatheodorou, Christos (2013-06-12)