Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 42 Issue 2
Table of contents
A marathon not a sprint: Lessons learnt from the first decade of digitisation at the National Library of Wales
R. Arwel JonesThis paper aims to provide an overview of developments in digitisation policy and practice at the National Library of Wales (NLW) from 1995 to 2007 and drawing out the lessons…
An examination of automatic video retrieval technology on access to the contents of an historical video archive
Daniela Petrelli, Daniel AuldPurpose – This paper aims to provide an initial understanding of the constraints that historical video collections pose to video retrieval technology and the potential that online…
Library web OPACs in Pakistan: an overview
Khalid MahmoodThis paper aims to analyse features and functions of indigenously developed web‐based catalogues of academic, special and national libraries of Pakistan.
Digital initiatives and metadata use in Thailand
Wichada SuKantaratThis paper aims to provide information about various digital initiatives in libraries in Thailand and especially use of Dublin Core metadata in cataloguing digitized objects in…
Local studies collections online: an investigation in Irish public libraries
Lara Barry, Lucy A. TeddThis paper aims to investigate how public libraries in Ireland are using their websites to present local studies collections online.