Search Results - subject:"Digital libraries"

Digitizing and parsing semi-structured historical administrative documents from the G.I. Bill mortgage guarantee program

Lafia, Sara; Bleckley, David A.; Alexander, J. Trent - In: Journal of Documentation 79 (2023) 7, pp. 225-239

Purpose Many libraries and archives maintain collections of research documents, such as administrative records, with paper-based formats that limit the documents' access to in-person use. Digitization transforms paper-based collections into more accessible and analyzable formats. As collections...

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SchenQL: in-depth analysis of a query language for bibliographic metadata

Kreutz, Christin Katharina; Wolz, Michael; Knack, Jascha; … - In: International Journal on Digital Libraries 23 (2021) 2, pp. 113-132

Information access to bibliographic metadata needs to be uncomplicated, as users may not benefit from complex and potentially richer data that may be difficult to obtain. Sophisticated research questions including complex aggregations could be answered with complex SQL queries. However, this...

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Interacting with digitised historical newspapers: understanding the use of digital surrogates as primary sources

Late, Elina; Kumpulainen, Sanna - In: Journal of Documentation 78 (2021) 7, pp. 106-124

Purpose The paper examines academic historians' information interactions with material from digital historical-newspaper collections as the research process unfolds. Design/methodology/approach The study employed qualitative analysis from in-depth interviews with Finnish history scholars who use...

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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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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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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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Digital libraries and access to information in Nigerian federal universities : the impact of technology variables

Igbo, Harriet Uche; Imo, Nwabuisi T. - In: Journal of information & knowledge management : JIKM 19 (2020) 2, pp. 2050013-1-2050013-20

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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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