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Library and its Users

Notes Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
5. Using ADL, one can find information about a geographic area.
6. Thumbnail images are large image representations, Browse images are larger, and provide
more detail.

10.2 Summary

• A footprint shows a location on the surface of the Earth associated with either a collection
object (CO) (such as a map, an aerial photograph, or a remote-sensing image) or with a user’s
query.
• The ADL is one of the six digital library funded by NSF, DARPA, and NASA. ADL’s collection
and services focus on geo referenced information: maps, images, data sets, text, and other
information sources with links to geographic locations.

10.3 Keywords

ADL : The Alexandria Digital Library is a geolibrary where a primary means of describing and
finding information is with a geographic footprint.
Footprint : Footprint may be represented as a point or polygon with lattitude.

10.4 Review Questions

1. Write a short note on ADL.
2. What do you mean by footprint?
3. Explain in detail the evolution of the system and interface design.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. geolibrary 2. on-line-accessible, off-line-accessible 3. (a)
4. (a) 5. True 6. False

10.5 Further Readings

Girja Kumar: Philosophy of user Education, Delhi, Vikas, 1983
Peter, Fox: Library user education
Line, Maurice (B): Library Surveys, London, Clive Bingley, 1982
Lancaster, (F.W): The measurement and evaluation of Library Services.

Online links http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may04/goodchild/05goodchild.html
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/
http://www.librijournal.org

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