Abstract Biometric authentication systems are now widely recognized as the strongest authentication technol-ogies available on the market. To incorporate this mechanism as a web service, an alternative of the classical approach constituted of a classifier and a vector of facial biometric features is proposed to be used. In order to make it possible, the adopted methodology based on Model–View–Controller (MVC) architecture... Biometric authentication systems are now widely recognized as the strongest authentication technol-ogies available on the market. To incorporate this mechanism as a web service, an alternative of the classical approach constituted of a classifier and a vector of facial biometric features is proposed to be used. In order to make it possible, the adopted methodology based on Model–View–Controller (MVC) architecture is used. This accredited architectural strategy in the proposed system, allowed us by the end to do online authentication based on the facial recognition with good obtained results of experimentation on ORL database. Read More Read Less

Abstract The major purpose of this study is to determine the digital local content available and how these digital local content are preserved by university libraries in Northeastern Nigeria Design/Methodology/Approach - Quantitative research method was adopted for the study. Five heads of ICT/Media departments/ units/divisions, representing 1 from each of the University Libraries were selected and served as subjects of the study. Findings – The... The major purpose of this study is to determine the digital local content available and how these digital local content are preserved by university libraries in Northeastern Nigeria Design/Methodology/Approach - Quantitative research method was adopted for the study. Five heads of ICT/Media departments/ units/divisions, representing 1 from each of the University Libraries were selected and served as subjects of the study. Findings – The findings showed that theses, dissertation, multimedia and audio-visual materials, post print journal articles, book sections and chapters were the major electronics local content found in the University Libraries in North East while pre-print journal articles, unpublished reports, working papers, datasets, content package learning objects, software and patent were totally lacking. Refreshing, normalization and migration were found to be the most preservation strategies used in the libraries. Originality/Value – This paper provides direct evidence on how digital local content are been preserved by university libraries in Northeastern Nigeria, it revealed Digital Local Content available and their preservation strategies. Read More Read Less