Abstract. This paper examines the issues surrounding distributed Digital Library protocols. First, it reviews three prominent digital library protocols: Z39.50, SDLIP, and Dienst, ...
David Bainbridge, George Buchanan, John R. McPhers...
The Informedia Digital Video Library contains over 2000 hours of video, growing at a rate of 15 hours per week. A good query engine is not sufficient for information retrieval bec...
In this chapter we argue that hyperdocuments administered by digital libraries have to be structured according to standardized storage and exchange formats in order to allow for t...
Abstract. This paper reports on an evaluation carried out on behalf of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) of a Scottish Executive initiative to fund a year's ...
Gobinda G. Chowdhury, David McMenemy, Alan Poulter
Maintenance will be critical to digital libraries, especially those that promote broad access to diverse, informal materials. If ignored, maintenance issues within the digital lib...