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Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
MUIR, L., RICHARDSON, I. and LEAPER, S. 2003. Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language. In Proceedings of the 2003 Picture coding symposium (PCS 2003), 23-25 April 2003, Saint-Malo, France. Le Chesnay: INRIA, pages 321-325.

Sign language communication via videotelephone has demanding visual quality requirements. In order to optimise video coding for sign language it is necessary to quantify the importance of areas of the video scene. Eye movements of deaf users are trac... Read More about Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language..

Video telephony for the deaf: analysis and development of an optimised video compression product. (2002)
Conference Proceeding
MUIR, L.J. and RICHARDSON, I.E.G. 2002. Video telephony for the deaf: analysis and development of an optimised video compression product. In Proceedings of the 10th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) international conference on multimedia (MM'02), 1-6 December 2002, Juan-les-Pins, France. New York: ACM [online], pages 650-652. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/641007.641137

The multimedia capability of video telephony and video conferencing systems has many applications and benefits. This paper describes research and development that aims to optimise video compression systems for a specific application - personal commun... Read More about Video telephony for the deaf: analysis and development of an optimised video compression product..

Information and library studies on a virtual campus. (2002)
Conference Proceeding
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2002. Information and library studies on a virtual campus. In Ashcroft, L. (ed.) Continuity, culture, competition: the future of library and information studies education? Proceedings of the 4th British-Nordic conference on library and information studies, 21-23 March 2001, Dublin, Ireland. Bradford: MCB UP, pages 161-170.

Provides a critical overview of the introduction of the Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Science course in Information and Library Studies, in online distance learning mode, by the School of Information and Media at the Robert Gordon University in Aber... Read More about Information and library studies on a virtual campus..

The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach. (1998)
Conference Proceeding
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 1998. The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach. In Wilson, T.D. and Allen, D.K. (eds.) Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: proceedings of the 2nd International conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts (ISIC 1998), 13-15 August 1998, Sheffield, UK. London: Taylor Graham, pages 304-320. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/isic/ISIC1998/98_Marcella.pdf

The aims of the Citizenship Information project were to measure demand for citizenship information and establish the nature of information need exhibited by users. The objectives of the project were to: 1.define and describe citizenship information 2... Read More about The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach..