Search Results - subject:"Digital Libraries"

Computer vision and machine learning approaches for metadata enrichment to improve searchability of historical newspaper collections

Ali, Dilawar; Milleville, Kenzo; Verstockt, Steven; Van … - In: Journal of Documentation 80 (2023) 5, pp. 1031-1056

Purpose Historical newspaper collections provide a wealth of information about the past. Although the digitization of these collections significantly improves their accessibility, a large portion of digitized historical newspaper collections, such as those of KBR, the Royal Library of Belgium,...

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“Bloody amazing really”: voices from Scotland’s public libraries in lockdown

Reid, Peter H.; Mesjar, Lyndsay - In: Journal of Documentation 79 (2022) 2, pp. 301-319

Purpose The research examined Scottish public libraries and the libraries' response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of 2020–2021. The research focussed particularly around the way that the libraries helped to support community resilience and cohesion during periods of...

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Negotiating digital public spaces: context, purpose and audiences

Bettivia, Rhiannon Stephanie; Stainforth, Elizabeth - In: Journal of Documentation 79 (2022) 3, pp. 703-717

Purpose The purpose of this article is to investigate digital public spaces and audiences and to explore the relationship of digital public spaces to both ideas of nationhood and physical public institutions. Design/methodology/approach The article investigates tensions arising from the...

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Conserving knowledge heritage: opportunities and challenges in conceptualizing cultural heritage information system (CHIS) in the Indian context

T.K., Gireesh Kumar; R., Raman Nair - In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 71 (2021) 6/7, pp. 564-583

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the scope, issues and challenges in conceptualizing a comprehensive cultural heritage information system (CHIS) in the Indian context and examines the feasibility of designing such a system with the support of advanced conservation strategies...

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Roadmap of Iranian digital academic libraries in the context of cloud infrastructure and becoming cloud library

Esmaeili, Heydar; Isfandyari-Moghaddam, Alireza; … - In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 71 (2021) 6/7, pp. 485-508

cloud libraries. Because of providing a roadmap template, the presence of academic digital libraries in the cloud and … becoming a cloud library is applied research. Because of providing a roadmap template, academic digital libraries’ presence in … includes all Iranian digital academic libraries. There were 64 digital libraries out of which 59 libraries participated in …

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Identifying the future direction of legal deposit in the United Kingdom: The Digital Library Futures approach

Gooding, Paul; Terras, Melissa; Berube, Linda - In: Journal of Documentation 77 (2021) 5, pp. 1154-1172

Purpose To date, there has been little research into users of the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013. This paper addresses that gap by presenting key findings from the AHRC-funded Digital Library Futures project. Its purpose is to present a “user-centric” perspective...

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Towards global music digital libraries : A cross-cultural comparison on the mood of Chinese music

Hu, Xiao; Lee, Jin Ha - In: Journal of Documentation 72 (2016) 5, pp. 858-877

they interact with Chinese music. It also discusses how the results can inform the design of global music digital libraries …

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Analysis of digital transformation of services in a research library

Indrák, Michal; Pokorná, Lenka - In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 70 (2020) 1/2, pp. 154-172

, comparing the usage of the physical and digital libraries. The study also examines whether all the elements of library usage …

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Individuation through infrastructure: Get Full Text Research , data extraction and the academic publishing oligopoly

Moore, Samuel A. - In: Journal of Documentation 77 (2020) 1, pp. 129-141

Purpose This article explores the recent turn within academic publishing towards ‘seamless access’, an approach to content provision that ensures users do not have to continually authenticate in order to access journal content. Design/methodology/approach Through a critical exploration of...

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Subject indexing in humanities: a comparison between a local university repository and an international bibliographic service

Golub, Koraljka; Tyrkkö, Jukka; Hansson, Joacim; … - In: Journal of Documentation 76 (2020) 6, pp. 1193-1214

Purpose As the humanities develop in the realm of increasingly more pronounced digital scholarship, it is important to provide quality subject access to a vast range of heterogeneous information objects in digital services. The study aims to paint a representative picture of the current state of...

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