The broadening use of multimedia documents and the need to apply them to the field of higher education increase the demands a multimedia document system has to be tailored to. Simplifying the production and presentation ...

In Algeria, and according to an official decree issued in August 2000 by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, an electronic copy of every Master's and PhD thesis defended in every academic institution ...

We would like to demonstrate how the need for a better administration of computing resources and the required manpower - based on the desire for a more effective use of the existing modern network infrastructure - led to ...

Empirical work has shown us that the integration of communication tools, administrative University systems and on-line learning environments is a critical part of providing coherent services to students. The shift in support ...

This paper justifies how research results can be more effectively and efficiently communicated between interested parties. In particular, it will focus on the process of seeking research results that most of the times ...

Originally developed as a means for metadata dissemination of preprint and eprint servers, the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) meanwhile has become a widely known solution to connect distributed electronic ...

Ensuring the security of the information systems in an university is not simple. When this university is scattered over about fifteen different sites, the security measures become very complex. Moreover, when you consider ...

German universities are undergoing major structural changes since the mid 90ies. In this process fully integrated business software has become one of the main tools to improve the management capabilities of the higher ...

The Athens service enables secure access to online services for universities and colleges throughout the UK and overseas. The key features include "single password sign-on" to multiple resources and fully distributed ...