Digital Libraries in Computer Science: The MeDoc Approach

Download or read book Digital Libraries in Computer Science: The MeDoc Approach written by Andreas Barth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-07-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book coherently documents the results and experiences of a major digital library pilot effort, the MeDoc project (Multimedia Electronic Documents). This two-year project was initiated by the German Informatics Society (GI) and involved authors, publishers, librarians, and computer science departments. The prototype distributed digital library system developed during the initiative was operated in a nationwide trial for several months. The book presents the technical and operational results achieved during the project as well as input from foreign digital library activities. Besides professionals active in the area of digital library research and design, this book addresses librarians and others engaged in scientific publishing.