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Selective Archiving of Web Resources: A Study of Processing Costs
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Willer, Mirna; Buzina, Tanja; Holub, Karolina; Zajec, Jasenka; Milinovic, Miroslav; Topolscak, Nebojsa – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess costs in the National and University Library of Croatia for processing Croatian web resources and the maintenance and development of the service, and to analyse the present organisation and workflow of their processing, and to propose improvements. Design/methodology/approach: The assessment period…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Cataloging
Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries
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Dalbello, Marija – Library Quarterly, 2008
This study examines the influence of culture on digital libraries of the first wave. The local cultures of innovation of five European national libraries (Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library) are reconstructed in case histories from…
Descriptors: Innovation, Government Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
The National Library of the USSR, Its Role in the Country's Library System. Reaction paper by Frank M. McGowan.
Osipova, I. P. – 1979
An objective description of the programs and outline of the problems of the Lenin State Library are presented by I.P. Osipova of the Lenin State Library of the USSR, and a comparison between that library and the Library of Congress (LC) is presented by Frank M. McGowan. The Lenin Library serves as national library of the USSR, state repository of…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Searching LEXIS and WESTLAW--Part I.
Franklin, Carl – Database, 1986
This first article of a three-part series provides an overview of the record format, organization, and coverage of two databanks providing legal information. Tables cover record segments and fields and inclusion of information from federal libraries, state cases, United Kingdom and French law libraries, and additional libraries and services. (EJS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Databases, Federal Government