OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives: Volume 25 Issue 4
Table of contents
The killer Kindle
Norm MedeirosThe purpose of this paper is to review Amazon's Kindle, and to describe intersections between it, smart phones, and Google Books.
Applied digital library project management: Using Pugh matrix analysis in complex decision‐making situations
H. Frank CervoneThe purpose of this paper is to define and describe Pugh matrix analysis as a method for decision making when there are multiple criteria that must be factored into a decision.
IMPACT: working together to address the challenges involving mass digitization of historical printed text
Hildelies Balk, Lieke PloegerThe purpose of this paper is to address the most urgent challenges that libraries face in the mass digitization of historical printed text: the unsatisfactory result of the…
Digital library of the Caribbean: a user‐centric model for technology development in collaborative digitization projects
Mark Sullivan, Marilyn N. OchoaThe purpose of this paper is to describe the technological approach used by the Digital Library of the Caribbean project to build an international collaborative library across…
TIDES: bridging cultural, digital and institutional divides in East Texas and beyond
Christine Hennessey, Susan Clarke, Rachel GalanThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the history of the TIDES (Teaching, Images and Digital Experiences) Program, and demonstrate how TIDES has created mutually beneficial…
Exposing the history of Europe: the creation of a structure to enable time‐spatial searching of historical resources within a European framework
Paula J. Aucott, Alexander von Lünen, Humphrey SouthallThe purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a knowledgebase supporting a prototype Europe‐wide time‐spatial search interface for historical resources. It discusses…
The new Papers Past: an international collaboration between New Zealand, India, Germany, and the United States
Daniel Lanz, Frederick Zarndt, Stefan Boddie, Tracy Powell, Vishal SalgotraThe purpose of this paper is to discuss international collaboration on the Papers Past historic newspaper digitisation project, with particular focus on how to work together…