Discover Digital Libraries
Theory and Practice

This helpful reference provides current research on—and best practices for—digital libraries, including collection development, digitalization, organization, design, sustainability, preservation, retrieval, and evaluation, including new information on the social and legal issues associated with digital libraries and the application of social media

Iris Xie (Author), Krystyna Matusiak (Author)

9780124171121, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 22 July 2016

388 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.93 kg

Discover Digital Libraries: Theory and Practice is a book that integrates both research and practice concerning digital library development, use, preservation, and evaluation. The combination of current research and practical guidelines is a unique strength of this book. The authors bring in-depth expertise on different digital library issues and synthesize theoretical and practical perspectives relevant to researchers, practitioners, and students.

1. Introduction to Digital Libraries2. Digital Library Collection Development3. Digitization of Text and Still Images4. Digitization of Audio and Moving Image Collections5. Metadata6. Digital Library Management Systems7. Interface Design and Evaluation8. User Needs and Search Behaviors9. Digital Preservation10. Evaluation of Digital Libraries11. New Developments and Challenges

Subject Areas: Archiving, preservation & digitisation  [GLP], IT, Internet & electronic resources in libraries [GLF]