Open access archives, repositories, directories and digital libraries spread widely as a result of technologic interventions and a reaction to demanding and competitive economical conditions. Although these innovative ...

This poster presents the initiatives of Library and Information Center for the advancement of Open Access in the University of Patras, Greece. LIC is responsible for the development of many information systems that provide ...

Digital libraries, e-journal platforms, portals, e-prints and other web-based information systems provide services supporting users to perform intense work tasks that require complex interaction activities. The main ...

Kosmopolis is a digital collection including the full text content of twenty Greek periodicals from the mid-19th century up to the beginning of the 20th. The project is being carried out by the Library & Information Service ...

Digital library are complex information systems, comprised by core and value added services. The current study attempts to collect through a qualitative approach users’ opinions about the usage, usefulness and usability ...

Digital repositories are considered essential information tools for scholarly communication. Their acceptability and extensive use by communities and institutions, as well as the users’ commitment in self-archiving, highlight ...

Regarding the change of information seeking to a collaborative activity, DLs as dynamic information systems, have to adopt collaboration searching tools. This study investigates the degree of collaboration in information ...

The perception of fundamental dimensions of digital library (DL) interaction requires the deep exploration of interactive events. Interaction in DLs depends to a great degree on the content they provide. The present study ...

During the last decades many information providers, such as libraries, have been collecting, organizing and delivering information in both print and digital format, forming a hybrid information environment. However, ...

Scientific literature is vast and therefore the researchers need knowledge organization systems to index, semantically annotate and correlate their bibliographic sources. Additionally they need methods and tools to discover ...