Austrian Library Network and Next Generation Library System: Alma

Next-Generation Library information service - 'Smart Library'

For a library to be able provide information services and fulfill its function as a knowledge convergence center capable of responding to various information demands, the development of next-generation information systems based on the latest information and communication technology is needed. The development of mobile information services using portable devices such smart phones and tablet PCs ...

Implementing a Next Generation Library System

Next Generation Library: Automatic book management system with ubiquitous sensors

Ubiquitous environment is supposed to show various automation system according to increase in miscellaneous sensors. For example, when a user puts a book out from bookshelf in a library, the user wants the ubiquitous environment to proceed with checkout automatically. Also, a user can return a book by adverse action in such a Next Generation Library[1]. Furthermore, the librarians can devote th...

The HST/STIS Next Generation Spectral Library

During Cycles 10, 12, and 13, we obtained STIS G230LB, G430L, and G750L spectra of 378 bright stars covering a wide range in abundance, effective temperature, and luminosity. This HST/STIS Next Generation Spectral Library was scheduled to reach its goal of 600 targets by the end of Cycle 13 when STIS came to an untimely end. Even at 2/3 complete, the library significantly improves the sampling ...

Library construction for next-generation sequencing: overviews and challenges.

High-throughput sequencing, also known as next-generation sequencing (NGS), has revolutionized genomic research. In recent years, NGS technology has steadily improved, with costs dropping and the number and range of sequencing applications increasing exponentially. Here, we examine the critical role of sequencing library quality and consider important challenges when preparing NGS libraries fro...