Visual Information Retrieval in Digital Libraries

The emergence of information highways and multimedia computing has resulted in redefining the concept of libraries. It is widely believed that in the next few years, a significant portion of information in libraries will be in the form of multimedia electronic documents. Many approaches are being proposed for storing, retrieving, assimilating, harvesting, and prospecting information from these multimedia documents. Digital libraries are expected to allow users to access information independent of the locations and types of data sources and will provide a unified picture of information. In this paper, we discuss requirements of these emerging information systems and present query methods and data models for these systems. Finally, we briefly present a few examples of approaches that provide a preview of how things will be done in the digital libraries in the near future.published or submitted for publicatio

Beheadments

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Digital Image Access & Retrieval

The 33th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March of 1996, addressed the theme of "Digital Image Access & Retrieval." The papers from this conference cover a wide range of topics concerning digital imaging technology for visual resource collections. Papers covered three general areas: (1) systems, planning, and implementation; (2) automatic and semi-automatic indexing; and (3) preservation with the bulk of the conference focusing on indexing and retrieval.published or submitted for publicatio

Manifestly Manifolded Manias

Here we have a listing of manifestly manifolded manias, which is to say that the following collection of mania-words is obviously diverse. And diverse it is: nearly three hundred manias are identified and named herein. They range from the relatively benign DOROMANIAC (someone who compulsively gives presents) to the downright murderous ANDROPHONOMANIAC (someone with homicidal tendencies). In between these extremes, there are undoubtedly manias which will strike responsive chords in all of us

Abroad At Home: Xenomania and Voluntary Exile in The Middle Passage, Salt, and Tide Running

This essay re-examines the causes and consequences of Caribbean alienation, with implications for understanding alienation in other postcolonial societies. The author argues that while externalization does follow colonial incursions or international travel by the colonized, exile and alienation also result from emotional or psychological migrations within the mind, a consequence of neocolonial mechanisms tied to globalization

INTERNALISASI NILAI-NILAI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA KRISTEN DALAM MENGATASI PERILAKU XENOMANIA PADA REMAJA MASA KINI

Abstrak: Perkembangan teknologi yang begitu marak berpotensi mengancam rasa nasionalisme bangsa khususnya dikalangan remaja masa kini sehingga memicu lahirnya berbagai perilaku menyimpangan seperti munculnya perilaku xenomania. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menawarkan salah satu alternatif tindakan preventif melalui internalisasi nilai-nilai Pendidikan Agama Kristen dalam mengatasi perilaku xenomania pada remaja masa kini. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi pustaka. Selanjutnya, teknik yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah teknik literature review, yaitu suatu teknik pengumpulan data dari berbagai pangkalan data seperti artikel-artikel ilmiah, buku fiksi yang relevan, berita ter-update dari sumber terpercaya, seminar-seminar ilmiah, dan sumber ilmiah lainnya. Berdasarkan hasil tinjauan pustaka yang dilakukan baru kemudian dievaluasi kembali demi menghindari permasalahan yang sama di kemudian hari. Hasil dari kajian ini menjelaskan bahwa pentingya internalisasi nilai-nilai Pendidikan Agama Kristen dalam mengatasi perilaku xenomania pada remaja masa kini. Dengan menggunakan langkah-langkah internalisasi seperti proses transformasi, transaksi dan proses transinternalisasi nilai-nilai pendidikan agama Kristen, seperti memiliki rasa bersyukur terhadap apa yang telah disediakan Tuhan, memiliki kebijaksanaan, berperilaku baik, menguasai diri, serta menjadi teladan.Abstract: The development of technology that is so widespread has the potential to threaten the sense of national nationalism, especially among today's teenagers, triggering the birth of various deviant behaviors such as the emergence of xenomaniac behavior. Therefore, this study aims to offer an alternative preventive action through internalizing the values of Christian Education in overcoming xenomania behavior in today's adolescents. The method used in this research article is a data-based qualitative approach derived from literature studies. Furthermore, the technique used in writing this article is the literature review technique, which is a technique for collecting data from various databases such as scientific articles, relevant fiction books, updated news from reliable sources, scientific seminars, and other scientific sources. Based on the results of the literature review carried out, it is then re-evaluated in order to avoid the same problem in the future. The results of this study explain that the importance of internalizing the values of Christian Education in overcoming xenomania behavior in today's adolescents. By using internalization steps such as the transformation process, transactions and the process of transinternalizing the values of Christian education, such as having gratitude for what God has provided, having wisdom, behaving well, mastering themselves, and being an example

Unpacking young people’s national identities: The role of ethno-cultural and religious allegiances, history and ‘Others’

The article examines the intricacies implicated in the narration of young people’s national identities by shedding light on intersecting allegiances and on the role that perceived ‘others’ play in their accounts of nationhood. Based upon a qualitative study of youth narratives of identity in the context of Greek society, the article unpacks how participants make sense and narrate their nationhood via utilizing discursive resources, whilst dialogically conversing with the gaze of ‘other’. The narrative–discursive analysis of the in-depth interview material illustrates the interweavement of ethnicity with religion, along with the use of historical imagery and cultural signals of alleged similarity and difference. What becomes evident is the salience of ethno-cultural and religious identifications, operating as potent resources for self-making but also as vehicles for categorization and the potential exclusion of ‘others’. The article concludes by underlining the importance of empirically substantiating and theorizing the configurations of young people’s collective identities