the present research endeavors to discover similarities and differences among digital libraries in iran and to clarify the extent of their consistency in terms of main library requisites. using a qualitative -quantitative method, i.e. a survey research method using content analysis, it identifies iranian digital libraries (idls) and explores their characteristics. reviewing the literature, we i...

Although widely touted as a replacement for glass slides and microscopes in pathology, digital slides present major challenges in data storage, transmission, processing and interoperability. Since no universal data format is in widespread use for these images today, each vendor defines its own proprietary data formats, analysis tools, viewers and software libraries. This creates issues not only...

Academic libraries have been at pivotal crossroads for some years as deans and their staffers realize the perplexing shortage of shelf space for print volumes while at the same time determining the optimum balance of physical resources on shelves in light of the exploding world of online digital information. The question of what is the best format for the library users’ research, teaching, and ...

Despite the uncertain challenges facing libraries of all types during COVID-19 pandemic, new best practices and innovative ways approaching services have emerged. Including groundbreaking Taylor Family Digital Library in 2011, University Calgary Libraries Cultural Resources has been contributing towards ongoing development digital academic library. The pandemic necessitated a rapid leveraging s...

There are numerous articles published across the professional literature that speak to the work of specific types of librarians. Many other articles have attempted to outline how the work of those librarians is changing. Although most of these articles are excellent by themselves, a library is made up of many different kinds of librarians, staff, and other professionals. Scott Walter and Karen ...

Digital libraries, to fulfil their true potential, must display features and exploit skills more readily associated with traditional library service. To an extent this has already happened: collection management has become the process of Internet resource discovery, while document cataloguing skills have been applied to the creation of Internet resource metadata repositories. This paper argues ...

Most academic library services support the delivery and stewardship of text-based collections in a variety of print and digital formats. There are exceptions: libraries also manage and deliver images, multimedia, sound, maps, and various other artifacts of research and culture, including data and datasets. Today, libraries' roles in data management and data services tend to relate to a few well...