These concern mainly publishers and others in the trade who are worried that digitization of materials is having a negative effect on their business. For example, it has been realized that while Information Technology is ...

Although a digital library is a computer-based system for acquiring, storing, organizing, searching and distributing digital materials for end user access, it may not necessarily be network-based. However, it can be designed ...

The wide spread use of information communication technologies (ICTs) in the world today has resulted in huge amounts of information being generated, stored and distributed in digital formats. With the accelerated development ...

The current crisis in Palestine has impacted the local economy in a drastic way, many businesses have closed or physically destroyed by the Israeli occupation army, unemployment and poverty have substantially increased. ...

NYPL Digital Library. "The New York Public Library Launches Online Library Collections with Images and Texts on African American Culture (4-30-98). The Library's new Digital Library Collections website features a wide range ...

This document describes some of the technical details for the production scanning in support of the joint project between the University of Iowa Libraries and Balme Library at the University of Ghana to digitize selected ...

Implementation of the African Virtual Library and Information Network (AVLIN) is about to start. A lot of resources are going to be invested on AVLIN by organizations and individuals to ensure that the project succeeds. ...

This paper explores the a generalized technical framework for a digital library in which very large numbers of objects, comprising all types of material, are accessible over national computer networks. Eight general ...

In February 2003, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced his intention to establish the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA). The strategic aims of CHGA are: (i) to assess the complex ...

Information and Communications Technology (lCT) offers potentially powerful tools to improve the fight against HIV/AIDS. ICT provides opportunities for innovative solutions, raising the visibility of issues and enabling ...