Table of contents - Special Issue: “Upgrading the eLibrary: enhanced information services driven by technology and economics” – Proceedings of the 9th International Bielefeld Conference, 3‐5 February 2009, Bielefeld, Germany
Guest Editors: M. Hppner, W. Horstmann, S. Rahmsdorf
An integrated digital research environment: DFG perspectives
Anne LippThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the vision that the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation (DFG)) pursues with its funding programmes in the field of…
Direct use of information extraction from scientific text for modeling and simulation in the life sciences
Martin Hofman‐Apitius, Erfan Younesi, Vinod KasamThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the information extracted from scientific text can be directly used in support of life science research projects. In modern…
Enhancing document modeling by means of open topic models: Crossing the frontier of classification schemes in digital libraries by example of the DDC
Alexander Mehler, Ulli WaltingerThe purpose of this paper is to present a topic classification model using the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) as the target scheme. This is to be done by exploring metadata as…
Measuring the institution's footprint in the web
Isidro AguilloThe purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative, although complementary, system for the evaluation of the scholarly activities of academic organizations, scholars and…
Tagging and automation: challenges and opportunities for academic libraries
Kai Eckert, Christian Hänger, Christof NiemannThe purpose of this paper is to compare and examine the quality of the results of tagging, and intellectual and automated indexing processes.
The future of eBooks? Will print disappear? An end‐user perspective
Wouter van der Velde, Olaf ErnstThe purpose of this paper is to find out whether eBooks are cannibalizing print books, as well as an assessment of factors that are influencing eBook usage. Ebooks are a hot…
Ranking library materials
Dirk LewandowskiThe purpose of this paper is to discuss ranking factors suitable for library materials and to show that ranking in general is a complex process and that ranking for library…
The Knowledge Portal, or the vision of easy access to information
Wolfram Neubauer, Arlette PiguetThe purpose of this paper is to show that the development of the “Knowledge Portal” is an attempt to develop a central access system in terms of a “single point of access” for all…
Outsourcing information services
Anne Petry‐Eberle, Monika BiegThe purpose of this paper is to present the systematic redevelopment of a Corporate Information Center's strategy, with particular focus on the aspect of outsourcing services…
The diffuse library revisited: aligning the library as strategic asset
Wendy LougeeThis paper sets out to explore the shifts in roles evident in the research library community, with illustrative case studies from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Upgrading academic scholarship: challenges and chances of the digital age
Rudi SchmiedeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss what the beginning of the Internet Age means for the functions and structures of scholarly information and communication by looking at and…
PDF in 2109?
Michael SeadleThe purpose of this paper is to consider whether PDF formats are appropriate for long‐term digital archiving.
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho