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Recent developments in IT, especially the World Wide Web, have led to the creation of a number of digital library research projects in the UK, USA and elsewhere. This phenomenon is designed to bring a shift in the ways we create, access and use information. The design and development of digital libraries depend on computer, communication and other technical skills, and the dream of successful digital libraries leading to a global digital environment can only be fulfilled when enough practitioners have the skills to design, build and manage them. Designed to present a holistic view of the digital library scene, this text is based on evidence from examples of major digital library research projects around the globe. It is intended for students of digital librarianship and related courses at departments of information science and computer science in the UK and worldwide, and also for practitioners and researchers who need to get a good grasp of issues and developments in the field.

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Preface Purpose Audience Sources Acknowledgements 1. Digital libraries: definition and characteristics Outline Introduction What is a digital library? Hybrid libraries Characteristics of digital libraries The impact of digital libraries The structure of this book 2. Features of some digital libraries Outline Introduction Digital libraries: types Brief descriptions of selected digital libraries Summary 3. Digital library research Outline Introduction UK USA Joint NSF/JISC international digital library projects Canada Europe Digital library projects funded by the European Union Australia New Zealand Summary 4. Digital library design Outline Introduction User-centred digital library models Design issues Digital library models Hybrid library models The DNER Digital library standards Summary 5. Collection management Outline Introduction The process of collection management Collection development models Electronic journals Electronic books Databases and services Summary 6. Digitization Outline Introduction Issues related to a digitization project The process of digitization Technical issues File formats Post-processing Access to digitized information Costs of digitization Summary 7. Information organization Outline Introduction Problems of information organization in digital libraries Classification of digital information Information organization in selected digital libraries Cataloguing and metadata Digital content marking and manipulation Recent research projects Summary 8. Information access and user interfaces Outline Introduction Information users Information needs The four-phase framework for information search Information seeking and user interfaces User interfaces and visualization User interfaces of digital libraries Information access in digital libraries User-centred digital libraries Summary 9. Information retrieval in digital libraries Outline Introduction Information retrieval models Vocabulary control Alternative information retrieval models Multimedia information retrieval Basic information search techniques Information retrieval features of various resources accessible through digital libraries Information retrieval features of selected digital libraries Problems and prospects Summary 10. Digital archiving and preservation Outline Introduction Digital preservation Issues related to digital preservation Digital preservation strategy Research projects on digital archiving and preservation The Internet Archive E-print archives Summary 11. Digital library services Outline Introduction Personalized services: definitions of digital libraries revisited Reference and information services on the web Search engine services Digital reference services and libraries Current digital library research on personalized services Current digital library projects on digital reference services The evaluation of digital library services Summary 12. Social, economic and legal issues Outline Introduction Social issues Economic issues Legal issues Legal deposit Summary 13. Digital library evaluation Outline Introduction Evaluation: the basic problems What to evaluate? Evaluation stages Evaluation criteria Evaluation studies Summary 14. Digital libraries and the information profession Outline Introduction Digital libraries: major activities and skills Summary 15. Trends in digital library research and development Outline Introduction Digital libraries: growth and development The impact of digital libraries Digital libraries to bridge the digital divide Users’ information search behaviour Digital library services The economics of digital libraries Digital library education Digital libraries and knowledge management The future

About the Author :
G G Chowdhury is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Information Science, University of Strathclyde. Sudatta Chowdhury is a researcher at the Department of Information Science, University of Strathclyde.

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"...highly recommended as a core textbook for students of digital librarianship and related courses, as well as for essential reading for practitioners and researchers in the field of digital libraries."


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  • ISBN-13: 9781856044653
  • Publisher: Facet Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Facet Publishing
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Weight: 254 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1856044653
  • Publisher Date: 15 Nov 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Width: 154 mm


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