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A Web Portal Model for NGOs’ Knowledge Management
(2011)
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
are representing increasing number of people year to
year. On the other hand, Internet is also used by
increasing number of people year to year. It became a
powerful communication tool ...
Providing Access to Students with Disabilities and Learning Difficulties in Higher Education through a Secure Wireless Framework
(2011)
In this paper we focus on the design and
implementation of adaptive learning environments in
Higher Education, accessible by students with
disabilities and learning difficulties. Assistive
technology, and especially mobile ...
Approaching Information as an Integrated Field: educating Information Professionals
(2011)
This is a brief presentation of the
framework and philosophy followed by the Department
of Library Science and Information Systems in the
development of its new curriculum. The belief that
information organizations, such ...
Towards the Preservation and Availability of Historical Books and Manuscripts: a Case Study
(2011)
We present a case study on the use of
digitization for the preservation and availability of
the books and manuscripts in a historical library. At
first, we give a brief description of the collection.
Then, we describe the ...
Improving Query Efficiency in High Dimensional Point Indexes
(2011)
In this paper, we focus on the leaf level
nodes of tree-like k-dimensional indexes that store the
data entries, since those nodes represent the majority of
the nodes in the index. We propose a generic node
splitting approach ...
KINISIS, a Graphical XQuery Language
(2011)
EXtensible Markup Language (XML)
tends to become a standard way of data interchanging
on the Web. XQuery is the W3C standard to retrieve
information from XML documents. Moreover, graphical
user interfaces are user friendly ...
Dimensionality Curse, Concentration Phenomenon and the KDB-tree
(2011)
The problem of indexing large volumes of
high dimensional data is an important and popular
issue in the area of database management. There are
many indexing methods that behave well in low
dimensional spaces, but, in high ...
VariaLog : how to Locate Words in a French Renaissance Virtual Library
(2011)
The efficiency of search engines is based
on the principle that the information sought can be
retrieved by “looking for words” conveying the
information. This amounts to taking for granted that
words are always written in ...
The Usage of Reference Management Software (RMS) in an Academic Environment: a Survey at Tallinn University
(2011)
This paper presents an online survey taken
in may 2011 at Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia,
aiming to measure the usage of Reference Management
Software (RMS) in an academic environment. The
sample embraces the whole ...
Practices of “Local” Repositories of Legally Protected Immovable Monuments - A Global Scheme for ‘Designation – Significance’ Information
(2011)
The existence of historic building records
in “paper fiches” is a reality and constitutes a rich
store of information about the past, some of it unique. In
this article we present the results of a survey aimed to
discover ...