The Lean Reference Collection: Improving Functionality Through Selection and Weeding

Weeding the Reference Collection: a Review of the Literature

the actual mechanics of performing this activity vary widely and is the cause of much concern in libraries. Furthermore, the actual decision process for selecting an item to be culled from the primary collection is not fixed, and varies according to the type of library under study and/or to the mandate of the library. Thus, the approach to weeding taken by a small public library has an outcome ...

Lean methods for weeding out waste.

Improving the efficiency of testing database functionality through statistical involvement

Background As a registered clinical trials unit we develop customised databases to collect and store study data and manage clinical trials; these databases need rigorous testing to ensure they function as intended, that data validation is implemented correctly and that study data extracts are complete and accurate. We describe how, with statistical involvement, the testing has been streamlined ...

Improving the Functionality of UDDI Registries through Web Service Semantics

In this paper we describe a framework for exploiting the semantics of Web services through UDDI registries. As a part of this framework, we extend the DAML-S upper ontology to describe the functionality we find essential for ebusinesses. This functionality includes relating the services with electronic catalogs, describing the complementary services and finding services according to the propert...

Improving Spatial Reference in American Sign Language Animation through Data Collection from Native ASL Signers

Many deaf adults in the U.S. have difficulty reading written English text; computer animations of American Sign Language (ASL) can improve these individuals' access to information, communication, and services. Current ASL animation technology cannot automatically generate expressions in which the signer associates locations in space with entities under discussion, nor can it generate many ASL s...