common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) is one of the most important food legumes worldwide. the development of a core collection could facilitate easier access to bean genetic resources and enhance their applications in crop improvement program. in this article development of a core collection from 1425 accessions of common bean germplasm available from the national plant gene bank of iran (npggbi...

this study was conducted in order to sustainable conservation and utilization of trifolium genetic resources. a total of 1333 accessions of trifolium under 32 species from 27 provinces were collected according to ipgri descriptors. collected germplasms are conserved in mid- and long-term conservation at national plant gene bank of iran. statistical parameters of tendency to center and dispersio...

In the information retrieval context, resource collections are frequently classified using thesauri. However, the limited semantics provided by thesauri restricts the collection search and browsing capabilities. This work focuses on improving these capabilities by transforming a set of resources indexed according to a thesaurus into a semantically tagged collection. The core mechanism for build...

The action of collecting intentionally resources for a specific purpose, to organize them for personal use or for a particular audience, creates meaning. It has in itself a value which can be shared and used, just like descriptions or annotations to enable retrieval and manipulation of resources. All the actions of content creators, managers (e.g., librarians or museum curators) and users may b...

purpose: the purpose of this paper is to identify the main elements of collection and collection management policy of information center & central library of ferdowsi university of mashhad. methodology: this study was an applied research study done through a survey analysis. the population of this study comprised of a representative group of managers, experts, and librarians. the data collectio...