Describes the current state of librarianship and bibliography in Cyprus, with separate sections for the Greek and Turkish sectors. Although there is no national library in the Greek sector there are 5 types of public ...

Reports results of a survey, based largely on published sources but supplemented by visits to certain countries, of the current state of libraries and information in the Near East and Central Asia. The following countries ...

This introductory workshop is intended for anyone concerned with subject access to digital libraries. It provides a bridge by presenting methods of subject access as treated in an information studies program for those ...

Abstract. In this paper, we investigate the issues of performance management in large scale, autonomous and federated digital library systems, performing the tasks of indexing, searching and retrieval of information objects. ...

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 ...

In this demonstration we will examine the effectiveness of Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) methods in digital library interfaces. We will show how various types of information may benefit from explicit geographic ...

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 ...

Information systems preserve and provide access to primary information sources, scientific information and literature. Among these systems libraries, museums and archives are known as memory institutions, which preserve ...

The access and reproduction policies of the digital collections of fifteen leading academic and national digital libraries worldwide are classified according to factors such as the creation type of the material, acquisition ...

The article provides an overview of different events and news from the library world. Mentioned themes include the awarding of the Access to Learning Award of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2010 to the library of ...