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ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Comparing Google to Ask-a-Librarian Service for Answering Factual and Topical Questions
This paper evaluates to which extent Google retrieved correct answers as responses to queries inferred from factual and topical requests in a digital Ask-a-Librarian service. 100 f...
Pertti Vakkari, Mari Taneli
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Geographic Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries
In this demonstration we will examine the effectiveness of Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) methods in digital library interfaces. We will show how various types of informat...
Ray R. Larson
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Exploratory Web Searching with Dynamic Taxonomies and Results Clustering
Abstract. This paper proposes exploiting both explicit and mined metadata for enriching Web searching with exploration services. On-line results clustering is useful for providing ...
Panagiotis Papadakos, Stella Kopidaki, Nikos Armen...
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Improving OCR Accuracy for Classical Critical Editions
This paper describes a work-flow designed to populate a digital library of ancient Greek critical editions with highly accurate OCR scanned text. While the most recently available...
Federico Boschetti, Matteo Romanello, Alison Babeu...
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Improving Annotations in Digital Documents
Annotation plays a major role in a user’s reading of a document: from elementary school students making notes on text books to professors marking up their latest research papers....
Jennifer Pearson, George Buchanan, Harold W. Thimb...
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Creating Visualisations for Digital Document Indexing
Indexes are a well established method of locating information in printed literature just as find is a popular technique when searching in digital documents. However, document reade...
Jennifer Pearson, George Buchanan, Harold W. Thimb...
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Using Semantic Technologies in Digital Libraries - A Roadmap to Quality Evaluation
In digital libraries semantic techniques are often deployed to reduce the expensive manual overhead for indexing documents, maintaining metadata, or caching for future search. Howe...
Sascha Tönnies, Wolf-Tilo Balke
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Demonstration of User Interfaces for Querying in 3D Architectural Content in PROBADO3D
Abstract. The PROBADO project is a research effort to develop Digital Library support for non-textual documents. The main goal is to contribute to all parts of the Digital Library...
René Bernd, Ina Blümel, Harald Krottma...
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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Just One Bit in a Million: On the Effects of Data Corruption in Files
So far little attention has been paid to file format robustness, i.e., a file formats capability for keeping its information as safe as possible in spite of data corruption. The pa...
Volker Heydegger