Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 40 Issue 3
Table of contents - Special Issue: Institutional Repositories
An algorithm for suffix stripping
M.F. PorterThe automatic removal of suffixes from words in English is of particular interest in the field of information retrieval. This work was originally published in Program in 1980 and…
The Porter stemming algorithm: then and now
Peter WillettIn 1980, Porter presented a simple algorithm for stemming English language words. This paper summarises the main features of the algorithm, and highlights its role not just in…
Repositories for research: Southampton's evolving role in the knowledge cycle
Pauline Simpson, Jessie HeyTo provide an overview of how open access (OA) repositories have grown to take a premier place in the e‐research knowledge cycle and offer Southampton's route from project to…
Digital preservation in the context of institutional repositories
Helen Hockx‐YuTo discuss the issues and challenges of digital preservation facing institutional repositories and to illustrate the Joint Information Systems Committee's (JISC) view on…
Design and development of an institutional repository at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
B. SutradharTo describe how an institutional repository (IR) was set up, using open source software, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur. Members of the IIT can publish…
Personal name identification in the practice of digital repositories
Jingfeng XiaTo propose improvements to the identification of authors' names in digital repositories.
Using OAI‐PMH and METS for exporting metadata and digital objects between repositories
Jonathan Bell, Stuart LewisTo examine the relationship between deposit of electronic theses in institutional and archival repositories. Specifically the paper considers the automated export of theses for…
A dynamic approach to make CDS/ISIS databases interoperable over the internet using the OAI protocol
F. Jayakanth, K. Maly, M. Zubair, L. AswathA dynamic approach to making legacy databases, like CDS/ISIS, interoperable with OAI‐compliant digital libraries (DLs).
Options for putting CDS/ISIS databases on the internet
Andrew BuxtonTo review the variety of software solutions available for putting CDS/ISIS databases on the internet. To help anyone considering which route to take.