Great strides have been made in the use of computer tools to create, edit, filter, and present information, particularly since the tremendous growth in the mainstream popularity of the World Wide Web. The presence of a computationally rich environment at all stages of news distribution provides a unique opportunity to use these tools to improve the reader experience. Information provided for a ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate readers’ annotations in library books and attitudes towards marginalia among library users. In particular, the study discusses how marginalia function as reader-to-reader communication. Design/methodology/approach – The study used data collected from both public library and university library collections, as well as a user survey conducted a...

This paper describes a case study to identify the various parameters that affect the scanning reliability of 2D barcodes for high content density applications. A review of the numerous options for 2D symbologies showed that, in theory, these symbologies are capable of encoding relatively large amounts of data, but in practice, barcode scan-ability decreases as the encoded content increases. Wit...