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Exploring digital libraries : foundations, practice, prospects / Karen Calhoun.

By: Publication details: London : Facet Publishing, 2014.Description: xxix, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781856048200
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.00285 23 C152
Contents:
1 Emergence and definitions of digital libraries -- 2 Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade -- 3 Key themes and challenges in digital libraries -- 4 Digital library collections: repositories -- 5 Hybrid libraries -- 6 Social roles of digital libraries -- 7 Digital libraries and their communities -- 8 The prospects of open access repositoreis -- 9 Digital libraries and the social web: scholarship -- 10 Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms.
Summary: Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centered foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centered engagement with the social web.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Emergence and definitions of digital libraries --
2 Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade --
3 Key themes and challenges in digital libraries --
4 Digital library collections: repositories --
5 Hybrid libraries --
6 Social roles of digital libraries --
7 Digital libraries and their communities --
8 The prospects of open access repositoreis --
9 Digital libraries and the social web: scholarship --
10 Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms.

Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centered foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centered engagement with the social web.

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