2. BACKGROUND A team comprised of the Center for Natural Language Processing (CNLP) at Syracuse University and the Digital Learning Sciences (DLS) at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research recently completed a project that integrated many digital library tools into one, which is called Metadata Assignment and Search Tool (MAST). 1 This tool enables libraries and museums to efficien...

This paper describes the potential benefits of VLE Library system integration to learners, libraries and content providers and examines the role of emerging authentication technologies in facilitating the practical realisation of such integration. It reports on the activities of the 4i Project (Interoperable Institutional, Integrated Implementation) led by the University of Ulster in collaborat...

In this paper we describe a proposal for multimedia and e-learning content description based on standards interoperability within a digital library environment integrated in a virtual campus. In any virtual e-learning environment, a complex scenario which usually includes a digital library or, at least, a repository of learning resources, di erent levels of description are needed for all the el...

This study assesses the current state of responsibilities and skill sets required of cataloging professionals. It identifies emerging roles and competencies focusing on the digital environment and relates these to the established knowledge of traditional cataloging standards and practices. We conducted a content analysis of 349 job descriptions advertised in AutoCAT in 2005–2006. Multivariate t...

Many institutions operating in the cultural heritage domain have already made their content accessible via the Internet. However, when organizations want to realize projects that integrate content from various institutions, they face the problem of how to make this content accessible in a coherent way. Since metadata plays a key role in such scenarios, a Metadata Management system that can hand...

Currently, there exist a large number of superb digital libraries, all of which are, unfortunately, vertically integrated and all presenting a monolithic interface to their users. Ideally, a user would want to locate resources from a variety of digital libraries dealing only with one interface. A number of approaches exist to this interoperability issue exist including: defining a universal pro...

Musical documents, that is, documents whose primary content is printed music, introduce interesting design challenges for presentation in an online environment. Considerations for the unique properties of printed msic, as well as users’ expected levels of comfort with these materials, present opportunities for developing a viewer specifically tailored to displaying musical documents. This paper...

Digital libraries are more than just web sites or stores of information. Designers have problems designing good web sites, and it would be reasonable to anticipate that they will have problems creating good digital libraries via the web. The immediate research challenge is to ensure that designers do things well from the start. Remedial work correcting problems can be both time-consuming and ex...

The objective of the PROBADO project is the development of prototypical digital library systems for non-textual documents. 1 As two examples of such non-textual documents, architectural 3D models and music documents are being considered. Besides user interfaces providing sophisticated interaction with non-textual documents, content-based search methods were developed and integrated. In this con...