Divergent opinions exist on the basic understanding of the concept, virtual community. This
study offers a working definition by examining different definitions, and proposes adoption of …

Успешная творческая деятельность в современном мире невозможна вне сетевых
коллективов. Единицами культурной эволюции становятся сетевые гибридные …

A landmark textbook on digital libraries for LIS students, educators and practising
information professionals throughout the world. Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly …

Much recent research and funding have focused on building Internet-based repositories that
contain collections of high-quality learning resources, often called 'learning objects.'Yet little …

The virtual community has just recently emerged with divergent opinions on the basic
understanding of it. This study aims at collecting different definitions and classifications in …

The founders of modern universities built institutional structures and practices around the
centrality of libraries in providing teachers, researchers and students with access to books …

This paper describes a theoretical and experimental investigation into an active four-mount
vibration isolation system, in which electromagnetic actuators are installed in parallel with …

This article presents findings from approximately 150 users who created instructional
projects using educational digital library resources. One hundred of these users were …

The purpose of the study was to identify educators' expectations and requirements for the
design of educational digital collections for classroom use. A series of five focus groups was …

The need for information systems to support the dissemination and reus e of educational
resources has sparked a number of large-scale digital library efforts. This article describes …