The goal of our research program is to explore the potential of internet-based digital libraries. Our vision is to develop systems that automatically impose structure on anarchic, uncatalogued, distributed repositories of information, thereby providing information consumers with effective tools to locate what they need and to peruse it conveniently and comfortably. Project members are actively working on techniques for creating, managing, and maintaining collections; extracting metadata from legacy documents; analysing library usage and user needs; Maori, Arabic and Chinese language systems; internationalising the library interface; music information retrieval; novel interfaces for formulating queries and visualising results; novel interfaces for browsing metadata; text mining for keyphrases, acronyms, and other metadata; keyphrase extraction and phrase-based browsing; and other research topics. Human Info NGO is a registered charity responsible for the provision of universal low-cost information access through co-operation between UN Agencies, universities and NGOs. Human Info NGO collaborates extensively with the NZDL project, and use the Greenstone software. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . The dissemination of educational, scientific and cultural information throughout the world, and particularly its availability in developing countries, is central to UNESCO's goals as pursued within its intergovernmental Information for All Programme, and appropriate, accessible information and communication technology is seen as an important tool in this context. may peace and calmness surround you, may you reside in the warmth of a summer's haze, may the ocean of your travels be as smooth as the polished greenstone. Greenstone is a semi-precious stone that (like this software) is sourced in New Zealand. In traditional Maori society it was the most highly prized and sought after of all substances. It can absorb and hold wairua, which is a spirit or life force, and is endowed with ...
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