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

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Calhoun, Karen

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Croydon. U.K: Facet Publishing. 2014.Description: xxix, 322 pages ; pbkISBN:

9781856048200 (pbk.)
1856048209 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

025.042 CAL

Contents:

Emergence and definitions of digital libraries -- Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade -- Key themes and challenges in digital libraries -- Digital library collections : repositories -- Hybrid libraries -- Social roles of digital libraries -- Digital libraries and their communities -- The prospects of open access repositories -- Digital libraries and the social web : scholarship -- 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."--pub. desc.

List(s) this item appears in: BR1003 Library and Information Science 28342 to 28356

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"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."--pub. desc.

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