PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to get a detailed picture of digital library education in Hungary taken in comparison with international experiences.Design/methodology/approachDigital library education (DLE) is examined through the example of three Hungarian schools of Library and Information Science (LIS). After defining the virtual library, the digital library (DL), the hybrid library and the electronic library, notions vital for DLE, the results of international surveys are compared to Hungarian curricula.FindingsThe described curricula follow international patterns outlined in the literature. The content of education is up to date and is adjusted to the quickly developing world of digital libraries.Research limitations/implicationsExperiences come form a higher education system that is in a stage of transition. Lessons learnt however can be useful for the development of curricula taking DL issues into consideration.Practical implicationsSimilar examinations of curricula, supplemented by national and European surveys could highly contribute to the success of DLE programmes.Originality/valueThe paper provides additional data and viewpoints on DLE.
In our paper we would like to present a threedimensional model of a virtual library created by exploiting the capabilities of the Virtual Collaboration Arena (VIRCA) system. Based on the classification system elaborated by Callimachus we focus on the field of Greek poetry and drama in the 3rd century BC, and select some illustrious ancient authors and texts for the content of a virtual library. In order that the presented content should be appropriately searchable we attach certain (verbal and/or multimedia) metadata to the English translation of the selected ancient Greek texts and using them to form a wellsearchable spatial hypertext system. In addition to our three dimensional virtual library model, we have created its hypertext (two-dimensional) representation which can further emphasize the additional features that the three dimensional representation provides for us. Finally we outline the possible improvements of the system which indicate the creative potentials and hidden assets that lie in the construction of a library system of this type.
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