Digital Libraries Overview and Globalization

2009 ◽  
pp. 562-573
Author(s):  
Soh Whee Kheng Grace
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
First Century ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Library Development ◽  
National Libraries ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Library digitization on a global basis is essential in the twenty-first century. The digital library development initiatives in most countries depend substantially on their national libraries. This chapter focuses on an overview of how national libraries of 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region are involved in digital library initiatives. Most libraries participate in the collaborative efforts to build digital libraries with support from their government. Some focus on digitization and preservation activities, while others concentrate on digitization standards. Requirements for digital library implementation from a global perspective are essential. With the understanding of the current situation in Asia Pacific, we can understand the readiness of national libraries aiming for globalization in this part of the world, and action can be taken to achieve the aim. The globalization of digital libraries is what the world should be heading towards as we enter the next century.

A Snapshot of Digital Library Development

2005 ◽  
pp. 351-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schubert Foo ◽  
Yin-Leng Theng
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Systems Implementation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Cross Lingual ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This chapter highlights selective key issues and assesses the current situation of digital library development in the Asia Pacific under the broad categories of design architecture and systems, implementation issues and challenges, use and impact, and users and usability. Emphasis on cross-cultural and cross-lingual research would especially be beneficial to address the diversity and richness of the heritage, cultures and languages of this region. Nonetheless, a fundamental digital divide problem poses the greatest challenge as almost 70% of the population of the countries of Asia Pacific has little or no connectivity to the digital world. Concerted international collaborative efforts are much needed, not only to push ahead with the various aspects of the digital library research agenda and realize the global digital library vision of the future, but to derive novel solutions to eliminate or close the gap of digital divide across various parts of the world.

Survey and History of Digital Library Development in the Asia Pacific

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsinchun Chen ◽  
Yilu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Library Development ◽  
Cross Lingual

Over the past decade the development of digital library activities within Asia Pacific has been steadily increasing. Through a meta-analysis of the publications and content within ICADL and other major regional digital library conferences over the past few years, we see an increase in the level of activity in Asian digital library research. This reflects high continuous interest among digital library researchers and practitioners internationally. Digital library research in the Asia Pacific is uniquely positioned to help develop digital libraries of significant cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge and advance cross-cultural and cross-lingual digital library research.

scholarly journals Understanding the Dynamics and Operations of Civil Society in the 21st Century: A Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Thomas Prehi Botchway
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
21St Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Different Parts

This article sets out to review the extant literature on civil society. Indeed the literature on civil society abounds with several views and perspectives, especially on the theoretical debates on the concept. However, in order to avoid the unnecessary entanglement of the unending theoretical debates that have characterized the subject, the article focuses on the activities and operations as well as the usefulness of civil society in the twenty first century. The article consequently tries to identify the literature that discusses the activities of civil society across the globe. It begins by giving a general background to the concept of civil society. This is then followed by discussions on civil society and how it relates to democracy and democratic consolidation and development in different parts of the world with particular emphasis on Africa. It then examines the activities of CSOs in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region (with emphasis on Malaysia). It further examines the changing nature of CSOs in the midst of global crisis by discussing how civil society has operated in challenging times amidst financial crisis, terrorism, etc. It concludes by suggesting some new ways of understanding civil society.

Pacific Asia: Economic Integration and Prospects of Russia

2011 ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
V. Usol'tsev
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Asian Financial Crisis ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
World Crisis ◽  
The World ◽  
Pacific Asia

The article describes in detail the integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region, the influence of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 biennium. and the world crisis 2007-2008 biennium, as well as the prospects of the Russian connection.

scholarly journals The Limits and Possibilities of Sino-New Zealand Defence Relations: A New Zealand Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Julian Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
First Century ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Western Power ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
The Future ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
First Time

<p>Western power has been sustained in the Asia-Pacific region by United States military might ever since the defeat of Japan. For the first time since then, China, a non-Western power, poses a challenge to that dominance, with the result that “neither Australia nor New Zealand has ever seriously considered how we would defend our interests and secure our countries in a region which was not dominated by our great and powerful Anglo-Saxon friends.”1 China is the new variable in the Asia-Pacific equation, and New Zealand is now required to factor this new element into its strategic calculations for the future. China’s ascendancy in the Asia-Pacific region will have a huge impact on New Zealand’s future strategic outlook. The purpose of this essay will be to design, as simply as possible, a way to structure thoughts and discussion about the defence relationship between New Zealand and China, from a New Zealand perspective. It will aim to establish a basic framework centred around a number of themes in order to provide a platform for analysis in the future. It will be a brief examination of how these two nations talk with each other at the defence level in the early twenty-first century.</p>

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN PERPUSTAKAAN DIGITAL DI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN TIK IKIP PGRI PONTIANAK

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Ratih Widya Nurcahyo ◽  
Unung Verawardina ◽  
Ferry Marlianto
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Best Response ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The Subject

This research is entitled "Digital Library Development in Information Technology and Computer Education Study Program (P.TIK) IKIP PGRI Pontianak". The type of research used is research and development (R & D). The development model used is ADDIE. The subject of product trials for the implementation of digital libraries in this study were semester VI students. For small group trials conducted on a limited number of 15 students, consisting of students who have high, medium and low abilities, and field trials were conducted on 32 students. The data collection tool used in this study was a questionnaire. From the results of the study for the results of the feasibility validation of digital library products by media experts, the average score of 3.53 criteria was very good. Results from material experts obtained an average of 3.58 on the criteria very well. While the results of librarian experts obtained an average of 3.54 on the criteria very well. For the results of the digital library trials which were carried out limitedly on 15 students of the ICT Study Program IKIP-PGRI Pontianak obtained an average of 3.43 on the criteria very well. For the results of the best response obtained by 3.39 than the criteria good. Conclusions from the results of validation, trials and responses prove that digital libraries are feasible to use and can assist students in supporting lectures.

An Army of Influence

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Capacity To Change

The importance of regional cooperation is becoming more apparent as the world moves into the third decade of the 21st century. An Army of Influence is a thought-provoking analysis of the Australian Army's capacity to change, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Written by highly regarded historians, strategists and practitioners, this book examines the Australian Army's influence abroad and the lessons it has learnt from its engagement across the Asia-Pacific region. It also explores the challenges facing the Australian Army in the future and provides principles to guide operational, administrative and modernisation planning. Containing full-colour maps and images, An Army of Influence will be of interest to both the wider defence community and general readers. It underscores the importance of maintaining an ongoing presence in the region and engages with history to address the issues facing the Army both now and into the future.

Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval

2005 ◽  
pp. 153-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Yang ◽  
Kar W. Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Cross Lingual ◽  
Multiple Languages

Structural and semantic interoperability have been the focus of digital library research in the early 1990s. Many research works have been done on searching and retrieving objects across variations in protocols, formats, and disciplines. As the World Wide Web has become more popular in the last ten years, information is available in multiple languages in global digital libraries. Users are searching across the language boundary to identify the relevant information that may not be available in their own language. Cross-lingual semantic interoperability has become one of the focuses in digital library research in the late 1990s. In particular, research in cross-lingual information retrieval (CLIR) has been very active in recent conferences on information retrieval, digital libraries, knowledge management, and information systems. The major problem in CLIR is how to build the bridge between the representations of user queries and documents if they are of different languages.

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