Digital libraries have been the subject of considerable research since the 1990s. Their practical value in providing remote access to knowledge is beyond question. As they have developed, there have been numerous attempts to theorize about their future nature and role, and to lay down the challenges for further work. On a more practical level, individual organisations have developed their own digital libraries in response to their particular needs. This chapter describes research into the use of semantic technology in a Digital Library. The work draws on the technologies and tools described elsewhere in the book and puts them in the context of a particular application. The chapter also explains in some detail how user trials within the case study were used to validate our approach.
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Thurlow, I., Warren, P. (2009). Deploying and Evaluating Semantic Technologies in a Digital Library. In: Davies, J., Grobelnik, M., Mladenić, D. (eds) Semantic Knowledge Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88845-1_14
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