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Digital Preservation in Libraries

Author : Jeremy Myntti
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838917135
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Digital Preservation in Libraries written by Jeremy Myntti and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s information landscape, there are fewer topics that more urgently demand expansive discourse than digital preservation, which touches on everything from technology to copyright. The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) steps up to the challenge with this comprehensive overview. Global in scope, it features case studies and contributions that discuss such key issues as the history of digital preservation; digital preservation and information ethics; strategies for getting started, sustaining digitization programs, and performing evaluation; fine-tuning digital preservation workflows, with a look at Digital Streams Matrix for analyzing pathways and tasks; preserving e-books, mobile device data, and other specific types of materials; collaborative efforts in digital preservation, including jargon-free techniques for engaging non-technical colleagues in digital legacy tools and processes; and the copyright, legal, and administrative issues connected with digital preservation. Academic librarians, technical services staff, technologists, and administrators will all benefit from this incisive collection.

The Identity of the Contemporary Public Library

Author : Margarita Pérez Pulido
Publisher : Ledizioni
ISBN 13 : 8855260030
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book The Identity of the Contemporary Public Library written by Margarita Pérez Pulido and published by Ledizioni. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume deals with some of the most relevant issues related to the identity of the public library and its historical, cultural, social, organizational changes, according to a comparative perspective. The topics are covered in four sections (History, Present and Future of the Public Library; Models of Analysis, Measurement, Evaluation; Complexity Challenges; Work in Progress), thus providing a wide overview of the present and the future of an institution paramount in improving people’s lives

Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID

Author : David Baker
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0323905986
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID written by David Baker and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19 is profoundly affecting the ways in which we live, learn, plan, and develop. What does COVID-19 mean for the future of digital information use and delivery, and for more traditional forms of library provision? Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID gives immediate and long-term solutions for librarians responding to the challenge of COVID-19. The book helps library leaders prepare for a post-COVID-19 world, giving guidance on developing sustainable solutions. The need for sustainable digital access has now become acute, and while offering a physical space will remain important, current events are likely to trigger a shift toward off-site working and study, making online access to information more crucial. Libraries have already been providing access to digital information as a premium service. New forms and use of materials all serve to eliminate the need for direct contact in a physical space. Such spaces will come to be predicated on evolving systems of digital information, as critical needs are met by remote delivery of goods and services. Intensified financial pressure will also shape the future, with a reassessment of information and its commercial value. In response, there will be a massification of provision through increased cooperation and collaboration. These significant transitions are driving professionals to rethink and question their identities, values, and purpose. This book responds to these issues by examining the practicalities of running a library during and after the pandemic, answering questions such as: What do we know so far? How are institutions coping? Where are providers placing themselves on the digital/print and the remote/face-to-face continuums? This edited volume gives analysis and examples from around the globe on how libraries are managing to deliver access and services during COVID-19. This practical and thoughtful book provides a framework within which library directors and their staff can plan sustainable services and collections for an uncertain future. Focuses on the immediate practicalities of service provision under COVID-19 Considers longer-term strategic responses to emerging challenges Identifies key concerns and problems for librarians and library leaders Analyzes approaches to COVID-19 planning Presents and examines exemplars of best practice from around the world Offers practical models and a useful framework for the future

The Digital Challenge for Libraries

Author : Ralph Blanchard
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595350690
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Digital Challenge for Libraries written by Ralph Blanchard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public and university libraries are at a crossroads, hard-pressed by competition from Internet search engines, declining budgets and changes in popular culture. Libraries must respond aggressively. Otherwise they will be marginalized by the impact of digital technology on their traditional customer base. Author Ralph Blanchard, drawing on twenty years of experience as an information services entrepreneur, argues that it is irresponsible for librarians to simply turn academic tasks over to search engines, as many do. Instead, libraries should expand digital services and, using the tactics and strategies of successful for-profit information service businesses, reconnect with their customers by promoting themselves as 21st Century information experts. Topics in this wide-ranging study include: The library as a service business Change, risk and unintended consequences The Internet search engine business model Problems with students using search engines The evolution of "ambient information" Music and information technology "Millennials" as library customers Hiring and training library information workers Push and viral marketing strategies for libraries The Digital Challenge for Libraries calls for new initiatives by librarians and for a rekindling of interest in the vital role libraries play in an informed, prosperous and democratic society.

Digital Humanities in the Library

Author : Arianne Hartsell-Gundy
Publisher : Assoc of College & Research Libraries
ISBN 13 : 9780838987674
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Digital Humanities in the Library written by Arianne Hartsell-Gundy and published by Assoc of College & Research Libraries. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the past decade there has been an intense growth in the number of library publishing services supporting faculty and students. Unified by a commitment to both access and service, library publishing programs have grown from an early focus on backlist digitization to encompass publication of student works, textbooks, research data, as well as books and journals. This growing engagement with publishing is a natural extensions of the academic library's commitment to support the creation of and access to scholarship."--Back cover.

Information Seeking Behavior and Challenges in Digital Libraries

Author : Tella, Adeyinka
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522502971
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Information Seeking Behavior and Challenges in Digital Libraries written by Tella, Adeyinka and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital libraries have been established worldwide to make information more readily available, and this innovation has changed the way information seekers interact with the data they are collecting. Faced with decentralized, heterogeneous sources, these users must be familiarized with high-level search activities in order to sift through large amounts of data. Information Seeking Behavior and Challenges in Digital Libraries addresses the problems of usability and search optimization in digital libraries. With topics addressing all aspects of information seeking activity, the research found in this book provides insight into library user experiences and human-computer interaction when searching online databases of all types. This book addresses the challenges faced by professionals in information management, librarians, developers, students of library science, and policy makers.

Exploring Digital Libraries

Author : Karen Calhoun
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856048209
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Digital Libraries written by Karen Calhoun and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark textbook on digital libraries for LIS students, educators and practising information professionals throughout the world. 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-centred foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centred engagement with the social web. This essential textbook: • Brings students and working librarians up to date on the progress, nature and impact of digital libraries, bridging the gap since the publication of the best-known digital library texts • Frames digital library research and practice in the context of the social web and makes the case for moving beyond collections to a new emphasis on libraries’ value to their communities • Introduces several new frameworks and novel syntheses that elucidate digital library themes, suggest strategic directions, and break new ground in the digital library literature. • Calls a good deal of attention to digital library research, but is written from the perspective of strategy and in-depth experience • Provides a global perspective and integrates material from many sources in one place - the chapters on open repositories and hybrid libraries draw together past, present and prospective work in a way that is unique in the literature. Readership: Exploring Digital Libraries suits the needs of a range of readers, from working librarians and library leaders to LIS students and educators, or anyone who wants a highly readable and thought-provoking overview of the field and its importance to the future of libraries.

Understanding Digital Libraries

Author : Michael Lesk
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080481517
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Digital Libraries written by Michael Lesk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-01-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Thoroughly updated and expanded from original edition to include recent research, case studies and new technologies For librarians and technologists alike, this book provides a thorough introduction to the interdisciplinary science of digital libraries Written by Michael Lesk, a legend in computer science and a leading figure in the digital library field Provides insights into the integration of both the technical and non-technical aspects of digital libraries

Discover Digital Libraries

Author : Iris Xie
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0124201059
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Discover Digital Libraries written by Iris Xie and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the different approaches and tools for digital library development, including discussions of the social and legal issues associated with digital libraries. Readers will find current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries and their components, including collection, digitization, metadata, interface design, sustainability, preservation, retrieval, and evaluation of digital libraries. Offers an overview of digital libraries and the conceptual and practical understanding of digital libraries Presents the lifecycle of digital library design, use, preservation and evaluation, including collection development, digitization of static and multimedia resources, metadata, digital library development and interface design, digital information searching, digital preservation, and digital library evaluation Synthesizes current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries Introduces new developments in the area of digital libraries, such as large-scale digital libraries, social media applications in digital libraries, multilingual digital libraries, digital curation, linked data, rapid capture, guidelines for the digitization of multimedia resources Highlights the impact, challenges, suggestions for overcoming these challenges, and trends of present and future development of digital libraries Offers a comprehensive bibliography for each chapter

Impact of Digital Technology on Library Collections and Resource Sharing

Author : Sul H. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317956060
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Impact of Digital Technology on Library Collections and Resource Sharing written by Sul H. Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are your library and its patrons adjusting to the challenges of the digital age? This essential book examines how digital formats are changing libraries today, from the perspectives of librarians, vendors, and library users. Editor Sul Lee is an internationally recognized leader in library administration and management. The expansion of digital collections has been one of the foremost issues in the library field since the early 1990s, and this book addresses important questions about the impact of the digital age. Questions like: How will scholars and students react to digital formats? How will electronic resources change collection development? Will libraries stop buying print materials in favor of digital resources? Will libraries convert to only digital products or will they have to buy both electronic and print formats? Will academic libraries retain their central role in the university? With chapters from leading academic deans and directors, directors of national organizations of library professionals, and book/serials vendors including Philip Blackwell, CEO of Blackwell Limited, this book explores: digital resources and technology digital books--and what they mean to libraries legislation on copyrights and intellectual property rights in the digital age electronic cooperation between libraries how digital technology can facilitate on-campus research partnerships the extent to which academic libraries are embracing electronic publications

Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries

Author : Tella, Adeyinka
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522530940
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries written by Tella, Adeyinka and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking into consideration the variety of information being created, produced, and published, the acquisition and archiving of e-resources by digital libraries is rapidly increasing. As such, managing the rights to these resources is imperative. The Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on strategies in which digital libraries engage in the management of increasing digital intellectual property to protect both the users and the creators of the resources. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as copyright management, open access, and software programs, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and practitioners seeking material on property rights and e-resources.

Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives

Author : Aaron D. Purcell
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838914578
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives written by Aaron D. Purcell and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equally valuable for LIS students just learning about the digital landscape, information professionals taking their first steps to create digital content, and organizations who already have well-established digital credentials, Purcell’s book outlines methods applicable and scalable to many different types and sizes of libraries and archives.

Digital Libraries

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Digital Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Digital Libraries and the Challenges of Digital Humanities

Author : Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1780630816
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Digital Libraries and the Challenges of Digital Humanities written by Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the major challenges facing librarians and curators of digital repositories are the innovative ‘born digital’ documents created by scholars in the humanities. These documents range from the parsed corpora created by linguists to traditional reference information presented in electronic databases, to rich, multi-media hypertexts combining audio, still and moving video and text, and many other sorts of material. Too often, librarians think of electronic resources solely as providing access to subscription databases. This book encourages librarians to think holistically of the life cycle of electronic resources from new items being created at their institution, to end-user access, to long term preservation of digital resources. Focuses on role of a digital library in the complete life cycle (creation, access, long term preservation) of digital objects created by scholars in the humanities Covers recent developments in humanities computing and their implications for digital libraries Presents accessible technical information about fields such as information retrieval and computational linguistics for a non-technical audience

Without a Net

Author : Jessamyn C. West
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN 13 : 9781598844535
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Without a Net written by Jessamyn C. West and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching novice computer users, including seniors and individuals with disabilities such as low vision or motor skills, how to do what they want and need to do online is a formidable challenge for library staff. Part inspirational, part practical Without a/the Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide is a summary of techniques, approaches, and skills that will help librarians meet this challenge.||Jessamyn C. West's experience as a librarian is deeply immersed in technology culture, yet living in rural America makes her uniquely qualified to write this book. Taking a big-picture approach to the subject, she demystifies and simplifies tech training for the busy librarian, providing an easy-to-use handbook full of techniques that can be used with all of a library's many populations. As an added bonus, she also examines the players in the library technology arena to offer firsthand reports on what works, what doesn't, and what's next.

Developing Digital Scholarship

Author : Alison Mackenzie
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783301104
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Developing Digital Scholarship written by Alison Mackenzie and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides strategic insights drawn from librarians who are meeting the challenge of digital scholarship, utilizing the latest technologies and creating new knowledge in partnership with researchers, scholars, colleagues and students. The impact of digital on libraries has extended far beyond its transformation of content, to the development of services, the extension and enhancement of access to research and to teaching and learning systems. As a result,the fluidity of the digital environment can often be at odds with the more systematic approaches to development traditionally taken by academic libraries, which has also led to a new generation of roles and shifting responsibilities with staff training and development often playing ‘catch-up’. One of the key challenges to emerge is how best to demonstrate expertise in digital scholarship which draws on the specialist technical knowledge of the profession and maintains and grows its relevance for staff, students and researchers. This edited collection spans a wide range of contrasting perspectives, contexts, insights and case studies, which explore the relationships between digital scholarship, contemporary academic libraries and professional practice. The book demonstrates that there are opportunities to be bold, remodel, trial new approaches and reposition the library as a key partner in the process of digital scholarship. Content covered includes: • the impact of digital scholarship on organizational strategies • an insight into new services and roles, partnerships and collaborations • case studies exploring new technologies to support research and development • new approaches to service delivery • re-visioning of space, physical and virtual. This is an essential guide for librarians and information professionals involved in digital scholarship and communication, who wish to extend their awareness of emerging practices, as well as library administrators and students studying library and information science.

Small Libraries, Big Impact

Author : Yunfei Du
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440841578
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Small Libraries, Big Impact written by Yunfei Du and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable book shows how to get your community behind your library by making it an essential part of community life and demonstrating its benefit to all members of the community. Evolving technologies and the changing social landscape have put pressure on public libraries to shift their service values and methods in order to maintain funding opportunities. The challenge is substantial: library managers today must adopt a new mindset in order to perform a broad spectrum of activities and attract new users who are not traditional library patrons. Small Libraries, Big Impact: How to Better Serve Your Community in the Digital Age helps readers to meet the challenge of serving diverse users via a community-centered library. Based on an intensive review of literature on serving library users in smaller libraries as well as the author's own research findings gained from interviewing 55 library directors, this book provides conceptual and practical tools for serving 21st-century users, gaining wider community support, programming dynamic events, and planning rewarding technology learning. Beyond supplying actionable advice, the book will also review relevant concepts and theoretical frameworks, such as community outreach and partnership, social justice and social inclusion, technology and social transition, cultural diversity and the digital divide, entrepreneurship, outreach, best practices for marketing libraries, and library space design.