The Electronic Library: Volume 37 Issue 3

Towards a semantics representation framework for narrative images

Xuhui Li, Yanqiu Wu, Xiaoguang Wang, Tieyun Qian, Liang Hong

The purpose of this paper is to explore a semantics representation framework for narrative images, conforming to the image-interpretation process.

An investigation of benchmark image collections: how different from digital libraries?

Jingye Qu, Jiangping Chen

This paper aims to introduce the construction methods, image organization, collection use and access of benchmark image collections to the digital library (DL) community. It aims…

Understanding the cultural concerns of libraries based on automatic image analysis

Heng Ding, Wei Lu, Tingting Jiang

Photographs are a kind of cultural heritage and very useful for cultural and historical studies. However, traditional or manual research methods are costly and cannot be applied…

Accelerate proposal generation in R-CNN methods for fast pedestrian extraction

Juncheng Wang, Guiying Li

The purpose of this study is to develop a novel region-based convolutional neural networks (R-CNN) approach that is more efficient while at least as accurate as existing R-CNN…

Image needs on social Q&A sites: a comparison of Zhihu and Baidu Zhidao

Shengli Deng, Anqi Zhao, Ruhua Huang, Haiping Zhao

This study aims to examine why users search for images, how users describe their image needs and what the images are used for by analysing questions obtained from two Chinese…

Interpreting and semantically describing Chinese traditional brocade: Xilankapu

Xiufeng Cheng, Jinqing Yang, Ling Jiang, Anlei Hu

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an interpreting schema and semantic description framework for a collection of images of Xilankapu, a traditional Chinese form of…

Use and reuse of visual resources in student papers and presentations

Krystyna K. Matusiak, Anna Harper, Chelsea Heinbach

The purpose of this study is to explore how undergraduate and graduate students use visual resources in their papers and presentations and what role images play in their academic…

Selecting a text similarity measure for a content-based recommender system: A comparison in two corpora

Manjula Wijewickrema, Vivien Petras, Naomal Dias

The purpose of this paper is to develop a journal recommender system, which compares the content similarities between a manuscript and the existing journal articles in two subject…

Web 2.0 use in academic libraries of top ranked Asian universities

B. Preedip Balaji, Vinay M.S., Shalini B.G., Mohan Raju J.S.

This paper aims to explore recent trends of how Web 2.0 applications were used in 75 academic libraries in Asia through their library websites.

Design, develop and evaluate an open government data platform: a user-centred approach

Ruhua Huang, Chunying Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Dan Wu, Qingwen Xie

The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of designing, developing and evaluating a prototype of an open government data (OGD) platform that provided user-centred…

Finding “just right” books for children: analyzing sentiments in online book reviews

Yunseon Choi

This study is part of a larger research project which aims to investigate whether sentiments in online reviews on children’s books would represent significant factors which are…

Design effectiveness of academic library web sites: A comparison of university, polytechnic, and college sites in Nigeria

Fasola P. Abifarin, Shaka Apodoghe Imavah, Ayodele S. Olobashola

Academic library websites need evaluation to determine whether users can derive useful experiences while visiting them to perform tasks. This is more so because visiting an…