Introduction to Digital Libraries - Couverture souple

Chowdhury, G. G.; Chowdhury, Sudatta

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1856044653 ISBN 13 : 9781856044653

Editeur : Facet Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Recent developments in ICT, especially the web, have led to the creation of a growing number of digital library projects in the UK, USA and elsewhere. This new phenomenon is designed to bring a paradigm 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 sufficient practitioners have the skills to design, build and manage them.

This book presents a holistic view of the new digital library scene. Supported by a wealth of international examples, it is an essential guide to good digital practice and techniques. The authors have experience both in teaching courses on digital libraries and in actively researching them, and the text is based on evidence provided by models of major digital library research projects around the globe. Key topics include:

digital libraries: definition and characteristics

features of some digital libraries

digital library design

digital library research

collection management

digitization

information organization

information access and user interface

information retrieval in digital libraries

digital archiving and preservation

digital library services

social, economic and legal issues

digital library evaluation

digital libraries and the information profession

trends in digital library research and development.

Readership

: This invaluable textbook offers an all-round view of digital libraries and is a core text for students of digital librarianship and related courses at departments of information science and computer science. It is also essential reading for practitioners and researchers who need to get a good grasp of issues and developments in the field.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Professor Gobinda Chowdhury BSc Hons, MSc, PhD, FCLIP is Professor in Information Science at iSchool@northumbria, and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Northumbria University. Before joining Northumbria University he was a Professor and Director of the Centre for Information and Knowledge Management at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. For over 25 years he has worked as an academic and researcher in information science in different parts of the world including Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia. For the past few years he has been actively involved in the iSchools activities. Professor Chowdhury has written or edited 15 books and over 150 research papers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Facet Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856044653
• ISBN 13: 9781856044653
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible