Exploring Digital Libraries Foundations, Practice, Prospects

• Main Author: Calhoun, Karen (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Published: Chicago Neal-Schuman, An imprint of the American Library Association 2014
• Subjects: Digital libraries; Libraries > Special collections > Electronic information resources
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This authoritative and in-depth treatment of the digital library environment focuses on the functional and strategic, providing an unsurpassed overview of what's happening now and what will happen in the future. Both thought-provoking and practical, this book offers

Table of Contents:

• Glossary
• Emergence and definitions of digital libraries
• Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade
• Key themes and challenges in digital libraries
• Digital library collections : repositories
• Hybrid libraries
• Social roles of digital libraries
• Digital libraries and their communities
• The prospects of open access repositories
• Digital libraries and the social web : scholarship
• Digital libraries and the social web : collections and platforms