Bibliotheca Alexandrina

vs. Library of Congress

By:

Ahmed Taha

Ahmed Abo Obia

Mohab Fekry

Mohammed Al-Yamany

MIS & E-COMMERCE

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ContentDigital LibrariesHistory of the two librariesComparisonRecommendations

VS

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Digital Libraries An IR (information retrieval) system Born-digital vs. digitized Repositories and Archives Hybrid libraries NGO vs. Commercial (B2P)

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History of the two librariesLibrary of CongressBibliotheca Alexandrina

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Library of Congress Established in 1800 Largest library in the world by shelf

space and number of books Open for the public, but cannot check

out books! De facto research center and the

national library of the US

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Established in 2002 to commemorate

the Ancient Library of Alexandria Contains specialized libraries for maps,

multimedia, and the blind Print-on-demand books via the Espresso

Book Machine CULTURAMA patented in 2007

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ComparisonOnline ServicesTechnologiesAccessibility

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Comparison – Online ServicesOnline Book Catalog

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Comparison – Online ServicesWeb Conferences

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Comparison – Online ServicesService Support: Ask a Librarian

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ComparisonOnline ServicesTechnologiesAccessibility

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Comparison – TechnologiesWeb Archives

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Comparison – TechnologiesOnline Exhibitions

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Comparison – TechnologiesMore Online Exhibitions

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Comparison – TechnologiesBibAlex: CulturamaLOC: DigiBoard, WARC, MODS

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ComparisonOnline ServicesTechnologiesAccessibility

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Comparison – AccessibilityMobile Portal

None!

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RecommendationsAugmented Reality WalkthroughMulti-lingual TranslationEdition ComparisonOnline Book Reservation System

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1. Augmented Reality Walkthroughs

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2. Multi-lingual Translation

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3. Edition Comparison

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4. Online Book Reservation System

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Thanks!