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Developing information services for special library users by designing a low cost digital library : the experiment of NOC-Digital Library [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This research originates from a belief that special libraries in developing countries need to modernise and implement their ICT infrastructure and articulate information policies that will facilitate the exploitation of information resources to the ...
Elaiess, Ramadan
core   +2 more sources

Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal. We have digitised over 120,000 specimens representing more than 3,900 species from two Chilean herbaria, integrating them through a curated local taxonomic index.
Ricardo A. Segovia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping arboretum research: Trends, gaps, and opportunities for biodiversity conservation, society, and climate resilience

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Arboreta bridge people and nature while conserving tree biodiversity, supporting climate resilience, and advancing environmental education. This study maps over a century of available and indexed arboretum research, uncovering trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for collaboration.
Catarina Patoilo Teixeira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methods and Benefits of Georeferencing Library Collections

open access: yesKnjižnica, 2013
Purpose: Wide use of web mapping and online geolocation services have changed search models and users’ requirements for presentation, navigation and access to library collections, wherein the spatial retrieval with coordinates in the background is ...
Renata Šolar
doaj   +1 more source

Using an ontology for interoperability and browsing of museum, library and archive information

open access: yes, 2005
Ontologies play an important part in the development of the future ‘semantic web’; the CIDOC conceptual reference model (CRM) is an ontology aimed at the cultural heritage domain.
Aitken, G   +5 more
core  

Libraries and Information Systems Need XML/RDF... but Do They Know It? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This article presents an approach to the uses of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) and Semantic Web technologies in the field of information services, focusing mainly on the creation and management of digital libraries compared to traditional libraries,
Méndez Rodríguez, Eva María
core   +2 more sources

Animating blossom: Time‐lapse to encourage plant awareness in the YouTube era

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Time‐lapse videos can effectively capture key traits of flower blossoms, such as color, 3D structure, and temporal changes, making them valuable complements to herbarium specimens and other botanical collections. Despite the abundance of such videos on YouTube, most provide no ecological and botanical insights.
Tae Kyung Yoon
wiley   +1 more source

Functional requirements for bibliographic description in digital environments

open access: yesTransinformação
Nowadays in digital information environments, various types of resources coexist with heterogeneous metadata formats and standards and efforts have been made to achieve interoperability in order to use multiple metadata standards and reuse metadata ...
Fabiano Ferreira de Castro
doaj   +1 more source

Managing Access to a Publisher Package: IEEE, IEL, and Xplore.

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2001
The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL), using the Xplore interface, is a publisher-based service that must be managed as an aggregator service since it contains a variety of document formats (journal articles, conference proceedings, industry standards ...
John C. Matylonek   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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