In the past fifteen years, the World Wide Web has become such a major part of the library world that most libraries now have some presence on the Web. This issue of Library Technology Reports explores the idea of the digital branch—a library website that is a vital, functional resource for patrons and enhances the [...]
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December 14th, 2009
Articles, Digital information system, Library Science, Research, Web information systems
By Celia Chaín and Navarro Amalia More Bleda
Abstract:
In this paper we want to find out, on the one hand, the characteristics of the Latin American national archives (mainly referring to installation, deposits and resources), and the other hand, the current situation Relating to the creation, development and maintenance of these institutions. For [...]
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November 22nd, 2009
Documentation, Glossary, Web information systems
BY
*Kevin R. Coulson, Ph.D.
coulsonk@emporia.edu
S. Prasad Kantamneni, Ph.D.
kantamnp@emporia.edu
*Please address all correspondence to the first author at: Department of Marketing, School of Business, Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial Dr., Emporia, KS 66801
ABSTRACT
While the idea of virtual corporation as a strategy has been given a lot of attention to date, very little work has been done to address [...]
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October 11th, 2009
Digital libraries, News, Web information systems
The U.S. Library of Congress is well known for being the world’s largest library. That is, in the traditional, paper format. Now, the library is on the way to hosting the largest digital collection in the world with more than 700 terabytes of data.
Converting holdings to a digital format
This is the new look of the [...]
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August 16th, 2009
Digital information system, Digital libraries, Documentation, Human-computer interaction, Web information systems
UNESCO’s CDS/ISIS for Microcomputers is one of the most widely used information retrieval packages not only in Bangladesh but also in the world. UNESCO provides the software to the developing countries free of cost.
In the developing countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Kenya, Argentina and Brazil CDS/ISIS have played the major role of carrying [...]
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