Browsing by Author "Hopkinson, Alan"

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    Challenges for the Digital Libraries and Standards to Solve them
    (INFLIBNET Center, 2009-02-25) Hopkinson, Alan
    There are numerous challenges in organising a digital library (DL) and successfully get to the user the articles he/she wants. Some of the problems have already been addressed and a few more are yet to be solved. Various standards have already been developed in storage and retrieval of digital data which are described here. They range from the standards that cover Portable Document Format files through the standards that govern international cataloguing efforts to standards for searching. Others are still under development and are described in the state in which they are currently. In conclusion, standards are necessary for every aspect of the digital library. New standards are being developed by the formal international and national standards bodies and one set up especially for the purpose such as COUNTER has been highlighted.
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    Digital Libraries: The Infrastructure and the Training Needed
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2011-03-02) Hopkinson, Alan
    In many developing countries there has always been a problem in acquiring and storing printed materials because delivery was expensive and storage difficult in a humid climate. In the digital era these problems are solvable and avoidable. However do not imagine that you can throw away all the bibliographical standards that a physical library needs. Digital libraries need a good index and need quality catalogue records and good classification to supplement full text indexing which on its own can make retrieval of relevant materials difficult. Standards like MARC and classification schemes are indispensible as are standards necessary to create the information retrieval structure. Additionally librarians must work together in teams and provide good information literacy training.
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    Fighting Your Way Through The Electronic Jungle : Who Manages E-Journals ?
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Hopkinson, Alan