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Managing Periodicals : A Web Approach
No full textPeriodicals are the sources of nascent information. Unfortunately, because of the irregularities in the publication intervals and the lack of unique code to identify each issue, libraries always find it difficult to manage the periodical database effectively. This paper discusses the advantages of using Internet technology for maintaining the periodical database. The database structure of web based periodical management system (PMS) is briefly discussed. Various tools required for creating a web based PMS are also covered. Sample codes for querying and updating the PMS database is also provided
Open Access and the Developing World
Get PDFDiscusses the problems of the Researchers in developing world. Many University Libaries in the developed Countries boasting much higher budget than than those of academic libraries in developing countries. These financial constraints of subscribing to print copies of journals published by for profit companies and the advent of the internet have in part fuelled the cry for alternative business models. And discuss the advantages of open Access Archiving
Managing Libraries and Information with Technology
Get PDFThe influx of an ever-explosive information in library and
information centres, through varied information sources, and in a
mixed media format, has drastically changed the patterns of
information services and its administration.
This paper explores the possible interfaces of library and
information science with sophisticated information technology
(IT), which helps elicit code, store, to finally disseminate and
manage information in various library infrastructures effectively.
The conclusion follows the observations entailing from today's IT-
Library synergy
Installing Greenstone Digital Library on Windows Platform
Get PDFGreenstone is a freely available Digital library software. The
paper attempts to describe the installation and run the software
in Windows environment
Resource Description Framework: A Tutorial for Developing Web Ontology
Get PDFHTML can’t preserver the context of the term which can play
major role at the time of retrieval on Internet. XML has
emerged as boon for Internet developers but it should also be
used in a standard format so that terms can be automatically
extracted by web crawler. Resource Description Framework
(RDF) is an effort of W3C for standardized description of a
Webpage which also uses Ontologies
Naming and Addressing Conventions for Digital Resources
Get PDFThis paper discusses the various naming and addressing systems
used to identify and locate resources in the digital environment.
there are various schemes that have been developed for this purpose,
like, URL, URN, URC schemes developed by the IETF (Internet
Engineering Task Force), PURL developed at OCLC. The publishing
industry also has developed the Digital Object Identifier (DOI),
which is being used for rights management of intellectual property.
The specifications and the working of URLs, URNs, URCs, PURLs,
and DOIs are discussed in detail in this paper
Installing and Running Harvest on Linux Platform
Get PDFThis paper presents a very brief introduction to installing and
running Harvest system. The various steps involved in installing and
running are given with simple explanation and it is no substitution to
the Harvest Manual
The User and the Digital Library
Get PDFPresentation discusses the designing of Digital library as par
the user expectations. Presentation discusses issues like Query
formation, Document Matching, Ranking of search results and
presentability
A Tutorial on WWWISIS
Get PDFThe paper attempts to discuss the various issues in using WWWISIS
software on win9x/NT platform with apache as the web server. Also
presents a step by step approach to create a multimedia database
having images, audio and video files. Two sets of programs are
given for better practice
Electronic Security: A case study of IIT Bombay Central Library
Get PDFIIT Bombay Central library has varied collection in physical as well electronic/digital form. The access and maintenance of physical collection has become a great challenge as far as economic and ethical problems are concerned. The digital collection can easily be preserve on system and accessible to users on web without being tampered but the rare and classic collection in physical form need to be preserved for future generation by overcoming the unethical means of losses. The MODROB / MHRD sponsored project helped to initiate the issue of security by installing the electronic security system to secure the esteemed collection and augment circulation activity. The present paper discussed the methodology for phase –1 followed in securing the reference collection of the library