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The paper presents the intermediate achievements of the research project "Virtual & Real," funded by the Faculty of Education at the Free University of Bolzano. The project aim to analyze technological tools and resources currently supporting museum education. The research provided an initial phase oriented to explore and evaluate websites dedicated to Italian museums and a following process of digital content development in order to improve the impact and learning outcomes of museum education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The application of linked data to catalogue data opens up new perspectives for OPAC development. The new relationships between bibliographic and other data will produce cataloguess that are deeply integrated with the Web, giving a decisive impact on the structure of catalog records, on access and on the functions that the catalog can play in the wider global information space. In this paper the author explores the possibility the new record deconstructed and connected with the other data on the Web is able to facilitate the creation of knowledge in the use of the catalogue. The author then analyzes the potential of application of linked data to the catalogue with regards to the capabilities for research, the new possibilities of semantic search and the ways to access bibliographic data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing popularity of geobrowsers as tools for displaying geographically referenced information provides insights and opportunities for those who, not being specialists in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), want to take advantage from the exploration and the communication power offered by these software. Through the use of web services such as Google Maps® and the use of suitable markup languages, interactive maps starting from highly heterogeneous data and information may be created. These maps may also be easily distributed and shared with Internet users, because they do not need to use proprietary software nor special skills, but only a web browser. Unlike the maps created with GIS, whose output usually is a static image, the interactive maps retain all their features to users advantage. This paper describes a web application that, using the Keyhole Markup Language (KML) and the free service of Google Maps®, produces choropleth maps relating to some forest indicators estimated by the last Italian National Forest Inventory. The creation of a map is done through a simple and intuitive interface. The maps created by users can be downloaded as KML file and can be viewed or modified via the freeware application Google Earth® or free and open source GIS software like Quantum GIS. The web application is free and available at http://www.ricercaforestale.it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Semantic Web is designed to enable computer programs to enrich semantically big data solutions, as well as to connect, share and understand structured and semi-structured information easily by different user agents. The Linked Data movement is an effort of Semantic Web to develop best practices for publishing and connecting structured data on the Web. How could libraries take advantage of these opportunities and how can they handle the challenges of the semantic future of the bibliographic universe? How to guarantee that Linked Data and Open Data won't be a temporary hype but that they will gain ground in the scenery of future digital library infrastructures? The main objective of this paper is to survey some theory and practical issues used in Semantic Web environment and summarize some of their advantages and drawbacks in dealing with the bibliographic universe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Specific practices for the identification and the registration of people, not necessarily related to the State control of migration flows, were recorded in Sicily as well as in the rest of Europe in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Age. We should consider the need of individuals to establish their condition or to assure themselves certain rights and privileges through some form of registration providing recognition of identity. The matter extends then to other areas such as those of property, testimony, rights and law. Taking advantage of the considerable amount of archival records produced in Sicily in the aforementioned period, the present essay aims to focus on some of the identification practices thus suggesting possible paths of further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]