objectives: the aim of this research was to study information seeking behavior and the pattern of reading behavior of faculty members of university of social welfare & rehabilitation sciences in using printed and electronic resources. methods: the descriptive research method was a survey method. the research was implemented by using an organized questionnaire which was distributed among the sta...

This paper discusses the special characteristics and needs of software repositories and describes how these needs have been met by some existing repositories. These repositories include Netlib, the National HPCC Software Exchange, and the GAMS Virtual Repository. We also describe some systems that provide on-line access to various types of scientiic data. Finally, we outline a proposal for inte...

The growing popularity of multi-threading has led to a great number of software libraries that support access by multiple threads. We present Local/Global Finite State Machines (LGFSMs) as a model for a certain class of multithreaded libraries. We have developed a tool called Beacon that does parameterized model checking of LGFSMs . We demonstrate the expressiveness of LGFSMs as models, and the...

There is an obvious need for user studies. Libraries are facing new technologies within a rapidly changing digital environment. New services need to be developed and tested. Until lately, librarians primary received money for building something, such as a digital library. Whether that service actually met users needs often seemed secondary, and research about users, their behavior and their nee...

Digital libraries have been rather successful in supporting learning activities by providing learners with access to information and knowledge. However, this level of support is passive to learners and interactive and collaborative learning can not be easily achieved. In this paper, we study how digital libraries could be extended to serve a more active role in collaborative learning activities...

INTERNETRESOURCES ARE SIMILAR in function to many print and electronic resources with which library users are familiar. Despite this similarity in function, and sometimes in form, between network resources and traditional information sources, users are of ten intimidated by this network medium: What is available? Where is it? How do I get to it? Once obtained, the sheer quantity of information ...

This paper based on a study visit made in May 1999, generously sponsored by the VALA Travel Scholarship program, reports on developmental projects that seek to aid library users to efficiently discover and locate information resources. In the current information landscape, where resources exist in a variety of formats, the goal is to develop systems that seamlessly integrate the globally distri...

The Variations and Variations2 digital music library projects at Indiana University provide a valuable test-bed for user studies. We have used user satisfaction questionnaires, session logging, and contextual inquiry to study digital music library usage by music students. This paper describes our approach with each method and offers a comparison of cost, advantages, and disadvantages of each me...

Purpose: To introduce the digital libraries of the future, their enabling technologies and their organizational models. Design/methodology/approach: The paper first discusses the requirements for the digital libraries of the future, then presents the DILIGENT infrastructure as a technological response to these requirements and, finally, it discusses the role that libraries can play in the organ...