Existing literature on Geographic Information (GI) and libraries points out that American and Canadian librarians have long been aware of the intimate relationship between geospatial data and libraries. In Europe, though, ...

The aim of this paper is to explore whether in today's changing landscape libraries institutional repositories are used, in order to develop collections of locally produced geospatial data. Furthermore, this study will ...

The proliferation of geospatial data demands the engagement of information organizations, such as academic libraries, for their management and diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to reveal issues related to the development ...

This paper presents a policy decision tree for digital information management in academic libraries. The decision tree is a policy guide, which offers alternative access and reproduction policy solutions according to the ...

Οι εγγραφές καθιερωμένων όρων παίζουν σημαντικό ρόλο στην ακαδημαϊκή βιβλιοθηκονομική κοινότητα. Εξετάσαμε αναλυτικά την κάθε ακαδημαϊκή βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδας και Κύπρου, σε ότι έχει σχέση με το αντικείμενο της επεξεργασίας ...

Εξετάζουμε και αναλύουμε τις πολιτικές πρόσβασης και αναπαραγωγής των ψηφιακών συλλογών δέκα πρωτοπόρων ακαδημαϊκών ψηφιακών βιβλιοθηκών, σύμφωνα με παράγοντες, όπως, ο τρόπος δημιουργίας του υλικού (ψηφιοποιημένο, ψηφιακό), ...

The widespread applications of GIS have challenged librarians worldwide to provide geospatial collections and services to their users. Despite the fact that collection development policies in digital environment have derived ...

The paper aims at exploring the existence of geospatial collections and the GIS services in Greek academic libraries through a research in their websites. The initial hypothesis is that Greek academic libraries are not ...

Η ανάπτυξη των ιδρυματικών αποθετηρίων την τελευταία δεκαετία ενδυνάμωσε αφενός τη συγκέντρωση της γκρίζας βιβλιογραφίας των ακαδημαϊκών ιδρυμάτων αφετέρου συνέβαλε στην ανάδειξη και τη διάχυση σημαντικού ποιοτικά και ...

Management and analysis of geospatial data evolved into a rapid developmental field nowadays. Scientific researches debate that 80% of economic and political decisions internationally, include indirect or direct geographic ...