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A value-propagating transformation technique for Datalog programs based on non-deterministic constructs
(2006)
The branching-time transformation is a recent technique for optimizing Chain Datalog programs. In this paper we propose a significant extension of the branching-time transformation which we believe opens up a promising new ...
Users’ behaviour patterns in academic libraries’ OPACs: a multivariate statistical analysis
(2007)
This paper aims to present real time user searches in a Greek academic library OPAC
(University of Macedonia Library) in relation to user profile.
Design/methodology/approach – Using as a test bed a Greek academic library ...
Discovering user communities on the Internet using unsupervised machine learning techniques
(2002)
Contribution to special issue on intelligence and interaction in community based systems (Part 1). Argues for the usefulness of constructing communities of users with common behaviour, making use of machine learning ...
User interaction in digital libraries: coping with diversity through adaptation
(2000)
Presents a study which examined the characteristics of digital library systems and identified some of its human-computer interaction (HCI) challenges. Implications of digital libraries on HCI design; Discussion; Summary ...
Contribution of an information literacy programme to the education process: the case of a Greek academic library
(2008)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of, and the need for, information
literacy and information literacy programmes in the undergraduate education process.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents ...
Representing and querying histories of semistructured databases using multidimensional OEM
(2004)
Multidimensional semistructured data (MSSD) are semistructured data that present different facets under different contexts. Context represents alternative worlds, and is expressed by assigning values to a set of user-defined ...
Chaos in the library environment
(2001)
Describes the impact of chaos theory in social systems and the phenomena that result from it, drawing attention to related phenomena in the state of the library today. Then considers the factors that lead library systems ...
Report on Travel to Athens, Greece September 9-21, 2006
(2006)
The author reports on a visit to Athens, Greece, in September 2006 to visit book dealers, libraries, archives, and other institutions with which the Library of Congress has relations, for acquisitions and for collaborative ...
Undertaking an information-needs analysis of the emergency-care physician to inform the role of the clinical librarian: a Greek perspective
(2005)
Aim of study: The primary focus of this pilot study was to gain a better understanding of the information needs of emergency-care clinicians. The secondary focus was to compare the traditional current practice of information ...