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Digital Libraries Applications (Paperback)
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Digital Libraries Applications (Paperback)
Series: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services
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Digital libraries (DLs) have evolved since their launch in 1991
into an important type of information system, with widespread
application. This volume advances that trend further by describing
new research and development in the DL field that builds upon the
5S (Societies, Scenarios, Spaces, Structures, Streams) framework,
which is discussed in three other DL volumes in this series.While
the 5S framework may be used to describe many types of information
systems, and is likely to have even broader utility and appeal, we
focus here on digital libraries. Drawing upon six (Akbar,
Kozievitch, Leidig, Li, Murthy, Park) completed and two (Chen,
Fouh) in-process dissertations, as well as the efforts of
collaborating researchers, and scores of related publications,
presentations, tutorials, and reports, this book demonstrates the
applicability of 5S in five digital library application areas, that
also have importance in the context of the WWW, Web 2.0, and
innovative information systems. By integrating surveys of the
state-of-the-art, newresearch, connections with formalization, case
studies, and exercises/projects, this book can serve as a textbook
for those interested in computing, information, and/or library
science. Chapter 1 focuses on images, explaining how they connect
with information retrieval, in the context of CBIR systems. Chapter
2 gives two case studies of DLs used in education, which is one of
the most common applications of digital libraries. Chapter 3 covers
social networks, which are at the heart of work onWeb 2.0,
explaining the construction and use of deduced graphs, that can
enhance retrieval and recommendation. Chapter 4 demonstrates the
value of DLs in eScience, focusing, in particular, on
cyber-infrastructure for simulation. Chapter 5 surveys geospatial
information in DLs, with a case study on geocoding. Given this rich
content, we trust that any interested in digital libraries, or in
related systems, will find this volume to be motivating,
intellectually satisfying, and useful. We hope it will help move
digital libraries forward into a science as well as a practice. We
hope it will help build community that will address the needs of
the next generation of DLs.
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