The electronic interchange of business documents is a well-known procedure, which has been used for a long time; the EDIFACT standard, which defined it, was created some time ago. In recent years this standard has been increasingly used for the acquisition of library materials.
In philosophy of information (PI), an appropriate theoretical framework has been provided for library and information science (LIS). The main advocate of PI is Luciano Floridi, who points out that in a digital age PI is an imperative of philosophy itself. LIS, on the other hand, is applied PI. There are few opposing views to Floridi’s statement that LIS is applied PI, but there are a lot of those who agree with it.
Metadata has been used in libraries since the days of card catalogues. With the automation of libraries and the development of MARC formats, metadata schemes have gained an important role in the implementation of different functions, common to library practice. In the 1960s, the technology of magnetic tapes influenced the development of MARC records and the ISO 2709 standard.
This article pleads for the term “digitheca” to be used instead of the less suitable term “digital library”. It introduces functional and non-functional requirements for the assessment and selection of software in the global software market, which supports the creation, maintenance and preservation of a “digitheca”.
This article introduces the Google Scholar service and the relation between Google Scholar and the COBIB.SI shared bibliographic database.
Good intelligence has always been essential for human survival. Its significance, however, has grown tremendously as a result of a rapid increase in information activities. Consequently, we are fully justified to talk about an intelligence revolution.
The EU policy related to information society is to be divided into two time periods: the first, from 1994 to 1999, is associated with the name of Bangemann and with a distinctive European way to information society; the second, after 1999, is associated with the name of Prodi and with the activities in the direction of information society for all.
In recent years RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology based on information carriers, called transponders, has spread rapidly. The contents of transponders can be read and changed at a distance.
Many specialised dictionaries covering different subjects are available on the Web. Individual terms (words, expressions) are described and explained using other terms from the dictionary. In this way a dictionary graph, which is above the terms, is determined.
Basic characteristics and use possibilities of Windows Small Business Server 2003 server system software are presented. The software was introduced by Microsoft at the end of 2003; it represents a complete solution in the field of information infrastructure, primarily for the small business environment.
