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...

The process of collection development, collection generating and obtaining information is of basic debates in libraries and information centers which a lot of articles have been written about the methods of collection development of information as well as the application of information technology, accordingly, to this day. This article, as opposed to other articles, which are about the prevaili...

Collection development is faced with various challenges such as decreasing budget allocation, increasing cost of materials, demand for information, the complexity electronic resources, and legal issues arising from copyright censorship. To meet these challenges, university libraries in developed countries have adopted different strategies using a written collection policy (CDP) to guide their a...

The process of collection development, collection generating and obtaining information is of basic debates in libraries and information centers which a lot of articles have been written about the methods of collection development of information as well as the application of information technology, accordingly, to this day. This article, as opposed to other articles, which are about the prevaili...

In recent years, improvement of software process is increasingly gaining attention. However, its practice is not easy because of difficulties of data collection and utilization of collected data. In this paper, we introduce Empirical Project Monitor (EPM), which is an automatic data collection and analysis system to support software process improvement. Collecting data from common tools used in...