Design and Usability of Digital Libraries
Case Studies in the Asia Pacific
Published on 1. April 2005
Book
Hardback
412 pages
978-1-59140-441-5 (ISBN)
Description
Showcases some of the best digital library practices from organizations in the Asia Pacific. Particular emphasis has been placed on the design, use and usability of digital libraries. Related technologies, the management of knowledge in digital libraries, and the associated usability and social issues surrounding digital libraries are examined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
966 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59140-441-5 (9781591404415)
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Dr. Yin-Leng Theng is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She completed her PhD in 1997 on addressing the "lost in hyperspace" problem in hypertext, and proposed a framework to understand design and usability issues. She then joined Middlesex University (London) as a Lecturer from 1998 to 2001. Presently, she teaches on the Information Studies Masters Programme: Digital Libraries and Human-Computer Interaction. Her research interests in Human-Computer Interaction and Digital Libraries had led to the award of two research grants from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council in the United Kingdom during her four years of teaching at Middlesex University (London). Recently, she received a three-year university research grant to design and develop a suite of usability engineering tools for digital libraries on mobile environments and the Web. Dr. Schubert Foo is Professor and Vice-Dean of the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was the former Head of the Division of Information Studies that offers two Master of Science programmes in Information Studies and Knowledge Management. Dr Foo holds a PhD in Materials Engineering, M.B.A. and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK, and Fellow of the British Computer Society, UK. He sits on the editorial boards of Journal of Information Science, Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, and International Yearbook of Library and Information Management. He has published more than 110 international journal and conference papers and book chapters in the areas of multimedia technology, Internet technology, multilingual information retrieval, digital libraries and knowledge management.
Content
Preface . Yin-Leng Theng and Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore . Section I. Digital Library Development History and Landscape ; Chapter 1. Survey and History of Digital Library Development in the Asia Pacific Hsinchun Chen and Yilu Zhou, University of Arizona, United States . Section II. Design Architecture and Systems ; Chapter 2. Design Architecture: An Introduction and Overview Edward Fox, Virginia Tech, United States Hussein Suleman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Ramesh Gaur, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Devika Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, India Chapter 3. Development of Indonesia's National Digital Library Network Ismail Fahmi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia Chapter 4. Dynamic Metadata Management System for Digital Archives : Design and Construction Shien-Chiang Yu, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan Hsueh-Hua Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Chao-Chen Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Chapter 5. Information Filtering and Personalisation Service Chunxiao Xing, Chun Zeng, Zhiqiang Zhang and Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China . Section III. Implementation Issues and Challenges ; Chapter 6. Implementation of Next Generation Digital Libraries Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore San-Yih Hwang, National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan Chapter 7. Using Multi-Document Summarisation to Facilitate Semi-Structured Literature Retrieval : A Case Study in Consumer Healthcare Min-Yen Kan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Chapter 8. KEA : Practical Automatic Keyphrase Extraction Ian Witten, Gordon Paynter and Eibe Frank, University of Waikato, New Zealand Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Craig Nevill-Manning, Google Inc., United States Chapter 9. Cross-lingual Information Retrieval: The Challenge in Multilingual Digital Libraries Christopher Yang and Kar Wing Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chapter 10. Evolving Tool Support for Digital Librarians David Nichols, David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, John Thompson, Stefan Boddie, Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Gary Marsden, Dynal Patel,University of Cape Town, Africa . Section IV. Use and Impact ; Chapter 11. Digital Libraries and Society: New Perspectives on Information Dissemination Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Chapter 12. Sharing Digital Knowledge with End-Users : A Case Study of the International Rice Research Institute Library and Documentation Service in Philippines Mila Ramos, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Chapter 13. Multimedia Digital Library as Intellectual Property Hideyasu Sasaki and Yasushi Kiyoki, Keio University, Japan Chapter 14. Digital Libraries as Learning Environments For Youths Natalie Lee-San Pang, Monash University, Malaysia . Section V. Users and Usability ; Chapter 15. Usability of Digital Libraries in a Multicultural Environment Christine Borgman, University of California, United States Edie Rasmussen, University of British Columbia, Canada Chapter 16. Cross-Cultural Design and Usability of a Digital Library Supporting Access to Maori Cultural Heritage Resources Chern Li Liew, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Chapter 17. From GeogDL to PAPER : The Evolution of an Educational Digital Library Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Yin-Leng Theng and Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chapter 18. Designing a Music Digital Library: Discovering What People Really Want David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, John McPherson, University of Waikato, New Zealand Stephen Downie, University of Illinois, United States Nina Reeves, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Chapter 19. Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of the Singapore National Library's Digital Library Yin-Leng Theng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Mei-Yee Chan and Ai-Ling Khoo, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Raju Buddharaju, National Library Board, Singapore . Section VI . Future Trends of Digital Libraries ; Chapter 20. A Snapshot of Digital Library Development : The Way Forward in the Asia Pacific Schubert Foo and Yin-Leng Theng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore . Appendix : Sources of Further Information . About Authors Index.