Design and Usability of Digital Libraries: Case Studies in the Asia Pacific

Yin-Leng Theng and Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore . Section I. Digital Library Development History and Landscape Chapter 1. Survey and History of Digital Library Development in the Asia Pacific Hsinchun Chen and Yilu Zhou, University of Arizona, United States . Section II. Design Architecture and Systems Chapter 2. Design Architecture: An Introduction and Overview Edward Fox, Virginia Tech, United States Hussein Suleman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Ramesh Gaur, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Devika Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, India Chapter 3. Development of Indonesia's National Digital Library Network Ismail Fahmi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia Chapter 4. Dynamic Metadata Management System for Digital Archives : Design and Construction Shien-Chiang Yu, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan Hsueh-Hua Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Chao-Chen Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Chapter 5. Information Filtering and Personalisation Service Chunxiao Xing, Chun Zeng, Zhiqiang Zhang and Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China . Section III. Implementation Issues and Challenges Chapter 6. Implementation of Next Generation Digital Libraries Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore San-Yih Hwang, National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan Chapter 7. Using Multi-Document Summarisation to Facilitate Semi-Structured Literature Retrieval : A Case Study in Consumer Healthcare Min-Yen Kan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Chapter 8. KEA : Practical Automatic Keyphrase Extraction Ian Witten, Gordon Paynter and Eibe Frank, University of Waikato, New Zealand Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Craig Nevill-Manning, Google Inc., United States Chapter 9. Cross-lingual Information Retrieval: The Challenge in Multilingual Digital Libraries Christopher Yang and Kar Wing Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chapter 10. Evolving Tool Support for Digital Librarians David Nichols, David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, John Thompson, Stefan Boddie, Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Gary Marsden, Dynal Patel,University of Cape Town, Africa . Section IV. Use and Impact Chapter 11. Digital Libraries and Society: New Perspectives on Information Dissemination Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Chapter 12. Sharing Digital Knowledge with End-Users : A Case Study of the International Rice Research Institute Library and Documentation Service in Philippines Mila Ramos, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Chapter 13. Multimedia Digital Library as Intellectual Property Hideyasu Sasaki and Yasushi Kiyoki, Keio University, Japan Chapter 14. Digital Libraries as Learning Environments For Youths Natalie Lee-San Pang, Monash University, Malaysia . Section V. Users and Usability Chapter 15. Usability of Digital Libraries in a Multicultural Environment Christine Borgman, University of California, United States Edie Rasmussen, University of British Columbia, Canada Chapter 16. Cross-Cultural Design and Usability of a Digital Library Supporting Access to Maori Cultural Heritage Resources Chern Li Liew, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Chapter 17. From GeogDL to PAPER : The Evolution of an Educational Digital Library Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Yin-Leng Theng and Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chapter 18. Designing a Music Digital Library: Discovering What People Really Want David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, John McPherson, University of Waikato, New Zealand Stephen Downie, University of Illinois, United States Nina Reeves, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Chapter 19. Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of the Singapore National Library's Digital Library Yin-Leng Theng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Mei-Yee Chan and Ai-Ling Khoo, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Raju Buddharaju, National Library Board, Singapore . Section VI . Future Trends of Digital Libraries Chapter 20. A Snapshot of Digital Library Development : The Way Forward in the Asia Pacific Schubert Foo and Yin-Leng Theng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Appendix : Sources of Further Information About Authors Index.