TY - BOOK AU - Calhoun,Karen TI - Exploring digital libraries: foundations, practice, prospects SN - 9781856048200 (pbk.) U1 - 025.042 PY - 2014/// CY - Croydon. U.K PB - Facet Publishing. KW - Digital libraries KW - Libraries KW - Special collections KW - Electronic information resources KW - Elektronische Bibliothek KW - Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -