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Digital Libraries are complex and advanced forms of information systems which extend and augment their physical counterparts by amplifying existing resources and services and enabling development of new kinds of human problem solving and expression. Their complexity arises from the data-rich domain of discourse as well as from extended demands for multi-disciplinary input, involving distributed systems architectures, structured digital documents, collaboration support, human-computer interaction, information filtering, etc. In addition to the broad range of technical issues, ethics and intellectual property rights add to the complication that is normally associated with the development, maintenance, and use of Digital Libraries. The Second European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL’98) builds upon the success of the first of this series of European Conferences on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, held last year in Pisa, Italy, September 1-3, 1997. This series of conferences is partially funded by the TMR Programme of the European Commission and is actively supported and promoted by the European Research Consortium on Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM). The aim is to bring together the different communities involved in the development of Digital Libraries, to review progress and to discuss strategies, research and technological development (RTD) issues, as well as specific topics related to the European context. These communities include professionals from universities, research centres, industry, government agencies, public libraries, etc.
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen 1513 3 Berlin Heidelberg New York Barcelona Budapest Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo Christos Nikolaou Constantine Stephanidis (Eds.) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries Second European Conference, ECDL’98 Heraklion, Crete, Greece September 21-23, 1998 Proceedings 13 Series Editors Gerhard Goos, Karlsruhe University, Germany Juris Hartmanis, Cornell University, NY, USA Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Volume Editors Christos Nikolaou Constantine Stephanidis Institute of Computer Science (ICS) Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) Science and Technology Park of Crete GR-71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece E-mail: {nikolau,cs}@ics.forth.gr Cataloging-in-Publication data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Research and advanced technology for digital libraries : second European conference ; proceedings / ECDL ’98, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 21 23, 1998. Christos Nikolaou ; Constantine Stephanidis (ed.). - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Barcelona ; Budapest ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Singapore ; Tokyo : Springer, 1998 (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 1513) ISBN 3-540-65101-2 CR Subject Classification (1991): H.2, H.3, H.4.3, H.5, C.2, I.7.2-3, J.1, J.7 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-65101-2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author SPIN: 10692697 06/3142 – 5 4 3 2 1 0 Printed on aci