Requirements for vocabulary preservation and governance
AbstractPurpose– The paper seeks to analyze the health of the vocabulary ecosystem in terms of requirements, addressing its various stakeholders such as maintainers of linked open vocabularies, linked...
View ArticleEvaluation of semantic retrieval systems on the semantic web
AbstractPurpose– This paper seeks to analyze and evaluate different types of semantic web retrieval systems, with respect to their ability to manage and retrieve semantic documents....
View ArticleBuilding a platform for linked open thesauri
AbstractPurpose– The paper aims to investigate issues surrounding publishing thesauri as linked data and explores a systematic way for publishing linked open thesauri Design/methodology/approach– Based...
View ArticleProposal of a controlled vocabulary to solve semantic interoperability...
AbstractPurpose– This report aims to present the state of play of semantic interoperability problems in social security data exchanges. Design/methodology/approach– The subject is presented as an open...
View Articledatos.bne.es and MARiMbA: an insight into library linked data
AbstractPurpose– Linked data is gaining great interest in the cultural heritage domain as a new way for publishing, sharing and consuming data. The paper aims to provide a detailed method and MARiMbA a...
View ArticleLinking and opening vocabularies LHT special issue: Editorial
AbstractPurpose– This editorial underscores the importance of linked data and linked open data (LD/LOD) in contemporary librarianship and information science. It aims to present the motivation for this...
View ArticleIRS, information services and LIS research – a reminder about affect and the...
AbstractPurpose - A previous contribution (Fourie, 2013) argues in favour of a balance in emphasis between information communication technology (ICT); information retrieval systems (IRS) such as...
View ArticleComparing digital libraries with virtual communities from the perspective of...
AbstractPurpose - In this study, we use the term e-quality to refer to information quality, system quality and service quality. This study focuses on e-quality, exploring and comparing users’...
View ArticleTargeting users in information provision – more than researchers, students...
AbstractPurpose - A previous contribution (Fourie 2013) set the scenario for pursuing options to find a balance between information communication technology (ICT), information retrieval systems (IRS)...
View ArticleExplaining undergraduates’ behavior intention of e-textbook adoption:...
AbstractPurpose - The current study investigates college students’ behavioral intentions to adopt e-textbooks for their studies according to well-known theoretical intention-based...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 applications’ usage and trends in top U. S. academic libraries
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims to explore Web 2.0 technologies usage and trends in the top 100 U. S. academic libraries as exemplified through the academic library...
View ArticleDigital image access: An exploration of the best practices of online resources
AbstractPurpose - This paper presents the results of the first phase of a research project that aims to develop a bilingual interface for the retrieval of digital images. The main objective of this...
View ArticleUsing Data Island Method for Creating Metadata Records with Indexability and...
AbstractPurpose - The aim of this research was to examine the use of data island method for creating metadata records based on DCXML, MARCXML, and MODS with indexability and visibility of element tag...
View ArticleThe Open Access Landscape in Zimbabwe: the case of university libraries in ZULC
AbstractPurpose - The paper focuses on the current state of Open Access (OA) initiatives in Zimbabwean Universities. The paper specifically reports the initiatives at Zimbabwean universities regarding...
View ArticleImage retrieval behaviours: Users are leading the way to a new bilingual...
AbstractPurpose - This paper presents the results of the second stage of a research project aiming to develop a bilingual interface for the retrieval of digital images. The main objective of this phase...
View ArticleArchival Information Services based on Social Networking Services in a Mobile...
AbstractPurpose - SNS (Social Networking Services) sites such as Facebook and Twitter have increasingly established themselves as a new paradigm of communication. Due to the rapid popularization of...
View ArticleThe Current State of Library Open Source Software Research: A Descriptive...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this study is to assess the current state of research on open source software (OSS) in the library context.Design/methodology/approach - This study employs a...
View ArticleArchitectural Choices in LOCKSS Networks
AbstractPurpose - The LOCKSS digital preservation technology collects, preserves and disseminates content in peer-to-peer networks. Many such networks are in use. The Global LOCKSS Network (GLN) is an...
View ArticleIRS, information services and LIS research – a reminder about affect and the...
AbstractPurpose– A previous contribution argues in favour of a balance in emphasis between information communication technology (ICT); information retrieval systems (IRS) such as databases, library...
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