David Stern

Digital Libraries

Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780789007698
• ISBN-10: 078900769X
• Artikelnr.: 22195569

Autorenporträt

Stern, David

Inhaltsangabe

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