Understanding digital libraries

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Title:

Author:

Lesk, Michael.

ISBN:

9781558609242

Personal Author:

Lesk, Michael.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Boston : Elsevier, 2005.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systems

Series Title:

Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systems

General Note:

"Practical digital libraries, 2nd edition."

Contents:

1. Evolution of libraries -- 2. Text documents -- 3. Images of pages -- 4. Multimedia storage and retrieval -- 5. Knowledge representation schemes -- 6. Distribution -- 7. Usability and retrieval evaluation -- 8. User needs -- 9. Collections and preservations -- 10. Economics -- 11. Intellectual property rights -- 12. A world tour of digital libraries -- 13. Scope of digital libraries -- 14. Future : ubiquity, diversity, creativity, and public policy.

Subject Term:

Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Computer files.

Digital libraries -- United States.

Added Author:

Lesk, Michael. Practical digital libraries.

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Summary

This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web.

At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might need to do are already being done, or how they can be done. The first part of the book is devoted to technology and examines issues such as varying media requirements, indexing and classification, networks and distribution, and presentation. The second part of the book is concerned with the human contexts in which digital libraries function. Here you'll find specific and useful information on usability, preservation, scientific applications, and thorny legal and economic questions.