Digital Libraries - Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios

Digital Libraries provides librarians and information professionals with an overview of selected directions, trends, possibilities, limitations, enhancements, design principles, and ongoing projects for integrated library and information systems. Covering issues in the areas of public service, collection development, and technical design, this book will help beginners and professionals in the field choose the best-suited technologies for their library.

List of contents

Contents
Introduction

• Philosophies
• The Organization of Digital Libraries
• Collection Development in the Digital Library
• Usability Evaluation of Digital Libraries
• New Search and Navigation Techniques in the Digital Library
• Technical Design Considerations
• University of Illinois the Federation of Digital Libraries: Interoperability Among Heterogeneous Information Systems
• Toward Seamlessness with XML
• Interface Design Considerations in Libraries
• Grainger Engineering Library: An Object-Enhanced User Interface for Information Retrieval
• Example Scenarios
• MAGIC: A Connecticut Collection of Geodata for the Geoscientist
• Patents in the New World
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the author

Stern, David

Product details

• Authors: David Stern, Stern David
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2001
• EAN: 9780789013347
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-1334-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Weight: 460 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & Information Sciences, Library and information sciences / Museology