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Many conventional digital library systems offer access to their collections only via full text or meta-data search, or by browsing-access via a hierarchy of categories. With the increasing amount of digital content available, alternative methods to access the content seem necessary. The SOMLib system, which is based on using Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs), has been used to automatically organize documents of a digital library by their content. In this paper, we present an integration of this system into the popular open-source digital library system Greenstone, combining searching and explorative browsing through the thematically organized content using the map. We present the system on a demo collection consisting of the abstracts of papers and posters from the last 5 years from the JCDL, ECDL and ICADL conferences.
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Mayer, R., Rauber, A. (2006). Adding SOMLib Capabilities to the Greenstone Digital Library System. In: Sugimoto, S., Hunter, J., Rauber, A., Morishima, A. (eds) Digital Libraries: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities. ICADL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4312. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11931584_54
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