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XML schema languages: beyond DTD
Demetrios IoannidesThe flexibility and extensibility of XML have largely contributed to its wide acceptance beyond the traditional realm of SGML. Yet, there is still one more obstacle to be overcome…
An electronic finding aid using extensible markup language (XML) and encoded archival description (EAD)
May ChangIncreasingly, XML applications are appearing on the World Wide Web, from e‐commerce to information management. In the case of libraries and archives, XML enables more flexible…
Providing access to unique information sources: a reusable platform for publishing bibliographic databases on the Web
Ronald C. JantzThe Scholarly Communication Center (SCC) within Rutgers University Libraries has launched several important digital library projects. A major objective of the SCC has been to…
Economic and intellectual value in existing and new paradigms of electronic scholarly communication
Steve O’ConnorThe function of this article is to examine both the current state of scholarly communication and its prospects. Among the issues to be examined are the viability of the present…
The question of electronic journals
Jennifer RowleyElectronic journals are an important alternative form of document delivery. Document delivery is performed by library networks and consortia, CD‐ROM suppliers, document delivery…
Dynamic delivery of information via the World Wide Web
Justin R. ErvinAmong the most ballyhooed interactive uses of the Web, database access has, until recently, been a cross‐platform, multi‐language, multi‐interface endeavor not suited to the…
Body language, security and e‐commerce
Norman DesmaraisSecurity is becoming an increasingly more important concern both at the desktop level and at the network level. This article discusses several approaches to authenticating…
Measuring performance with library automated systems
John P. OFarrellThis article is based on research carried out in Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Investigates the capability of three library automated systems to generate some of the…
Linux: a viable alternative or desert mirage?
Scott McLarenYou would have to be practicing librarianship on a desert island not to know at least a few colleagues who hate Microsoft. In 1991 a glimmer of hope, which has since become a…
Free to choose: the real power of Linux
Steven KirbyThe Linux operating system has emerged as a competitor to both Microsoft Windows and commercial implementations of UNIX. Linux provides a robust, stable computing environment on a…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho