Digital Library Basics

Digital Library Basics
Author: K. Rajasekaran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Digital libraries
ISBN:

Suitable for researchers and librarians who want to digitise their paper documents and build up digital collections and organise them and make them accessible thought Internet, this title explains the methods for developing and managing Digital Archives, Digital Libraries and E-Document collections.

Digital Library Basics

Digital Library Basics
Author: K. Rajasekaran
Publisher: Ess Ess Publication
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Archival materials
ISBN: 9788170006015

Digital Library Basics: A Practical Manual is meant for researchers and librarians who want to digitize their paper documents, build up digital collections, organize them, and make them accessible through Internet. This manual explains, without technical jargon, the methods for developing and managing digital archives, digital libraries, and e-document collections, making them accessible with search mechanisms over the Internet. The book can help to create digital libraries/archives of full text, images, audio files, and video files, accessible over the Web using free software developed by UNESCO. The CD-ROM provided with the book includes a listing of all software, manuals, and materials required for practice.

Introduction to Digital Libraries

Introduction to Digital Libraries
Author: Gobinda G. Chowdhury
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1856044653

"This books presents a holistic view of the new digital library scene ... it is an essential guide to good digital practice and techniques" - back cover.

Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries
Author: David Stern
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134730683

An unparalleled overview of current design considerations for your digital library! Digital Libraries: Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios is a balanced overview of public services, collection development, administration, and systems support, for digital libraries, with advice on adopting the latest technologies that appear on the scene. As a professional in the library and information science field, you will benefit from this special issue that serves as an overview of selected directions, trends, possibilities, limitations, enhancements, design principals, and ongoing projects for integrated library and information systems. In Digital Libraries, you will discover the latest ideas and research on digitizing and distributing online library material, including information on: organization and administration of new digital library facilities collection development in digital libraries technological infrastructures for seamlessly integrated computer databases over the Internet XML and other new standards for displaying data on the web interface design issues in the search environment object oriented interfaces and improved searching possibilities a brief history of patents on the internet Digital Libraries is a working reference for your digital library-specific problems. Split into three related sections: Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios, Digital Libraries addresses the many complexities and new issues that have evolved with the development of digital libraries and their future technologies. You will gain a thorough understanding of the public service and design considerations that are necessary to take your digital library into the 21st century.

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Author: William Graves III
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2009-07-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1848557116

How does the disintegration of the Soviet system help us to understand the character of library and information institutions and practices within post-soviet space? This title brings together diverse reflective essays, reports and empirical analyses of the changing character of the post-soviet library world to address the question.

DIGITAL LIBRARIES

DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Author: Rasmita Mohanty
Publisher: Allied Publishers
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2014-01-08
Genre: Digital libraries
ISBN: 8184249012

The book is grouped under five main sub-themes as: Theme 1: Planning Development and Management of Digital Libraries; Theme 2: Collection Development in Digital Environment; Theme 3: Resource Sharing and Networking; Theme 4: New Technologies and Adaptability; Theme 5: Change Management Issues and Strategies.

Collection Management Basics

Collection Management Basics
Author: Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440859655

If the heart of the library is its collection, this textbook provides the keys to the heart of your library. Alongside standards of basic principles and processes, you'll find practical guidance on everything from acquisitions to preservation. Managing collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaboration and sharing, and the drive to use data for evaluation purposes are just a few of the changes now driving collection management. This updated edition of a classic text addresses changes in the field and provides a thorough overview of what collection development specialists now need to know to effectively and efficiently manage processes that range from selection and assessment to sharing resources, handling challenges, weeding, and preservation. Readers will find increased coverage of technical services, intellectual freedom and censorship, and collection policy development, as well as budget development and tracking, joint purchasing, and negotiating with vendors. Updates on e-resources, user needs assessment (including data visualization), and disaster management, along with suggestions for further reading, are also included. Engagingly written and easy to understand, this is a valuable text for students preparing for careers in public, academic, school, and special libraries. It will additionally serve as a training resource and professional refresher for practitioners.

Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries
Author: Lucy A. Tedd
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2005-04-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3598440057

This book introduces readers to the principles underlying digital libraries, illustrating these principles by reference to a wide range of digital library practices throughout the world. Individual chapters deal with issues such as: digital library users and the services that are offered to them, the standards and protocols with which digital libraries must operate in order to cooperate with other institutions, and issues such as the administration of digital libraries, including discussion of intellectual property rights and preservation issues. A final chapter comprises eight case studies drawn from all over the world, used to illustrate points made in earlier chapters. Throughout the book, the challenges of developing and implementing digital library systems in multilingual and multicultural environments are explored.

Engineering Libraries

Engineering Libraries
Author: Thomas W. Conkling
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317719263

Provide top-flight services in this highly specialized field! This groundbreaking book provides state-of-the-art information on one of the most useful library specialties. Engineering Libraries: Building Collections and Delivering Services is designed for information professionals at all levels of expertise, from new practitioners to specialists in science and engineering. It shows how you can provide top-notch service by designing programs around the genuine needs of the users. Previous books in this field have generally covered only the engineering literature and databases. However, Engineering Libraries focuses on the practical aspects of providing user-friendly information services in an engineering environment. The suggestions and advice are eminently practical and designed for immediate usability. It also reviews the state of scientific communication and progress toward digital libraries. Engineering Libraries offers solid expertise on the fundamental issues of this branch of information science, including: establishing a collection innovative uses of the Web. instructing users assessing services providing services to varied user populations Engineering Libraries is an essential resource for librarians in science, technology, and engineering programs. It is also a valuable text for graduate students and faculty in library science.