Digital Libraries

No.5, November 1995
University of Library and Information Science
Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki 305, Japan

  1. Approaches to Digital Libraries - Issues on Digital Library Projects and Activities
    Shigeo Sugimoto
  2. Digital Libraries in Higher Education : Universities in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
    Haruki Nagata
  3. The Electronic Library Pilot Project - Present Stage and Experimental Plan -
    Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Taya
  4. Digital Libraries and SGML Databases --- An Ideal and the Reality ---
    Keizo OYAMA

Approaches to Digital Libraries - Issues on Digital Library Projects and Activities

Shigeo Sugimoto
University of Library and Information Science
1-2, Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
phone: +81-298-52-0511 fax: +81-298-52-4326 email: sugimoto@ulis.ac.jp

abstract

This paper decribes a study on several issues of digital library projects and various activities related to DL. It firstly discusses several principal functions of and related issues on DL. Then, it discusses the types of digital libraries, which are natural science and technologies, social science, the humanities and multimedia information. It also discusses technological issues to create DLˇˇsuch as information visualization, multilingual document dechnologies, and information organization methodology on the Internet. Finally, it shows discussions from the author's viewpoint.

Keywords

Principal Functions of Digital Libraries, Types of Digital Libraries, Technologies for Digital Libraries, Digital Library Projects, Inormation Organization on WWW

Digital Libraries in Higher Education : Universities in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Haruki Nagata
Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Library Information Science
Kasuga 1-2, Tsukuba-shi, 305, Japan
tel:0298-52-0511 fax:0298-52-4326 email:harungt@ulis.ac.jp

Abstract

The recent drastic changes in the information world have caused university libraries to reform their systems for mounting digital libraries. This paper reports on the digital library projects in higher education in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, introducing case studies of reform at the De Montfort University Library (UK) and Tilburg University Library (The Netherlands). It also discusses the research grants received for these projects. Additional consideration on how Japanese university libraries will launch their digital libraries is also included.

Keywords

Digital Library, University Library, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, European Union, Reseach Grants, On-Demand Publishing, Integrated Interface

The Electronic Library Pilot Project
- Present Stage and Experimental Plan -

Tatsuya Fujiwara
MITI, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
Information Systems Development Division
( Ministry of International Trade and Industry )
Tel:+81-3-3580-3922 Fax:+81-3-3501-6631 E-mail:ftaa2133@miti.go.jp

Hiroyuki Taya
Department of Technology Application
Information-technology Promotion Agency,Japanˇˇ
Toranomon 3-22-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105 Japan
(Shuwa Daini ShibaKoen Sanchome Building)
Tel:+81-3-5470-1797 Fax:+81-3-5470-1798 E-mail:taya@nbp.ipa.go.jp


Digital Libraries and SGML Databases --- An Ideal and the Reality ---

Keizo OYAMA
National Center for Science Information Systems
3-29-1, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112, JAPAN
Phone: +81 3 3942 6950, Fax: +81 3 5395 7064, E-Mail: oyama@rd.nacsis.ac.jp

Abstract

This paper first describes the role of fulltext databases in relation to image databases and so on in the structure of information resources for digital libraries, and shows the effectiveness and the current problems of SGML databases from viewpoints of configuration, retrieval and display. Then the methods which are actually carried out now to construct SGML databases are described with real examples. This paper next describes, in the context of information retrieval of fulltext databases, the way to handle document structures, retrieval processing with region operations, handling of SGML texts with different document structures, and methods to construct a server to provide retrieval functions via WWW, based on the author's experiences.

Keywords

digital library, fulltext database, SGML, information retrieval, WWW, PAT