title: Integrating Interactive Digital Maps into a Digital Library

authors: McIntosh, Samuel John

subjects: digital library

abstract: Digital libraries and digital maps are two fast-growing technologies in the world
of computing. In this thesis we have explored using digital maps to enhance
the functionality of digital libraries. The Greenstone 3 digital library system
was augmented though the use of the digital mapping system, Google Maps.
An automatic place name recognition and disambiguation system was created
to obtain geographical information from documents as they were viewed. This
extracted information was presented as a map with markers showing the location
of the places within the text of the document.
We evaluated the system by performing a user study and an analysis of the
speed, efficiency and accuracy of the place name recognition and disambiguation
system. Participants in the user study completed most of the tasks easily
and made comments expressing their satisfaction with the system. Analysis
of the place recognition and disambiguation system was also positive, as the
system was fast, relatively efficient and was highly accurate.

text: Integrating Interactive Digital Maps into a Digital Library Digital libraries and digital maps are two fast-growing technologies in the world
of computing. In this thesis we have explored using digital maps to enhance
the functionality of digital libraries. The Greenstone 3 digital library system
was augmented though the use of the digital mapping system, Google Maps.
An automatic place name recognition and disambiguation system was created
to obtain geographical information from documents as they were viewed. This
extracted information was presented as a map with markers showing the location
of the places within the text of the document.
We evaluated the system by performing a user study and an analysis of the
speed, efficiency and accuracy of the place name recognition and disambiguation
system. Participants in the user study completed most of the tasks easily
and made comments expressing their satisfaction with the system. Analysis
of the place recognition and disambiguation system was also positive, as the
system was fast, relatively efficient and was highly accurate.

year: 2010

title: Forging friendships: The use of collective pro-terms by pre-school children

authors: Bateman, Amanda

subjects: affiliation

abstract: This article discusses the ways in which a group of four-year-old children co-constructed friendship networks when they began primary school in Wales, UK. This discussion has emanated from a wider study of the everyday social interactions children engage in when new to their school environment. The children’s interactions were investigated through the use of an inductive, ethnomethodological approach through the combination of conversation analysis (CA) and membership categorization analysis (MCA). The transcriptions revealed that the children used the collective pro-terms ‘we’ and ‘us’ in order to explicate affiliations and exclusions with their peers in their everyday social interactions. These findings offer an insight into the daily social organization processes children engage in and suggests their preference for exclusive dyadic friendships. The article also reveals the social competencies which four-year-old children have in accomplishing social organization.

text: Forging friendships: The use of collective pro-terms by pre-school children This article discusses the ways in which a group of four-year-old children co-constructed friendship networks when they began primary school in Wales, UK. This discussion has emanated from a wider study of the everyday social interactions children engage in when new to their school environment. The children’s interactions were investigated through the use of an inductive, ethnomethodological approach through the combination of conversation analysis (CA) and membership categorization analysis (MCA). The transcriptions revealed that the children used the collective pro-terms ‘we’ and ‘us’ in order to explicate affiliations and exclusions with their peers in their everyday social interactions. These findings offer an insight into the daily social organization processes children engage in and suggests their preference for exclusive dyadic friendships. The article also reveals the social competencies which four-year-old children have in accomplishing social organization.

year: 2012

title: Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels Transforming Data Infrastructure to Recognise Indigenous Provenance

authors: Hudson, Maui

subjects: Data

abstract: Associate Professor Maui Hudson, KatieLee Riddle and Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce introduced the latest developments and applications of the Traditional Knowledge Labels and the Local Contexts Hub with examples of use by researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

text: Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels Transforming Data Infrastructure to Recognise Indigenous Provenance Associate Professor Maui Hudson, KatieLee Riddle and Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce introduced the latest developments and applications of the Traditional Knowledge Labels and the Local Contexts Hub with examples of use by researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

year: 2022-09-27