New mode of universal access and Global Memory Net

INTRODUCTION During 1998~2002, I was privileged to serve as a member of the US President’s Information Technol- ogy Advisory Committee (PITAC), and all members were deeply involved in the drafting of several PITAC Reports to the President. The one related to digital libraries was the 2001 Report of the PITAC Digital Library Panel, entitled Digital Libraries: Universal Access to Human Knowledge (PITAC, 2001). It offers an ambitious vision: “All citizens anywhere anytime c…     

Global Memory Net and the development of digital image information management system： Experience and practice

INTRODUCTION Directed by Prof. Ching-chih Chen of Simmons College, Boston and supported by the US NSF/In- ternational Digital Library Program (IDLP) since 2000, Global Memory Net (GMNet) is intended to be an effective gateway to the world cultural, historical, and heritage image collections from selected academic educational and research partners in the world. Much of these unique collections of great value to educationand research are not currently accessible due to dis- tance, …