This book covers all key aspects of the management and development of the digital library from an economic viewpoint. The work is a collection of essays by leading authorities in the field and. It has a strong international dimension. The book provides an overview of the current and likely future position with regard to the economics of digital library management and development, describes the key contextual aspects, provides a history of the growth of digital libraries, with special reference to financial issues, reviews current and possible future economic models and costing methodologies and articulates and responds to key challenges, themes and issues in the field. The book describes past development, summarizes and analyzes current work and good practice and highlights future trends, challenges, approaches and solutions. It incorporates 'how to' elements and will appeal to practitioners.There is little else in the field: This book fills a major gap in the literature. It is written by recognized national and international authorities. It incorporates past developments, current good practice and future trends.
It will be valuable to practitioners and tutors/students in a wide variety of situations.
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Höhe: 234 mm
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978-1-84334-404-9 (9781843344049)
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Professor David Baker is Principal of University College Plymouth St Mark & St John. He has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with fourteen monographs and some 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken at numerous conferences, led workshops and seminars and has undertaken consultancy work in most countries in the European Union, along with work in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Nigeria and the Sudan. Wendy Evans is Head of Library at University College Plymouth St Mark & St John. She has published in the field of electronic journal and database usage and also access versus ownership of journals.
Digital library economics: an introduction; Digital library economics: an overview; A history of digital library economics; Digital library economics: aspects and prospects; The economics of academic publishing in the digital age; Hybrid library management; National Library perspectives; Technical solutions to economic problems; E-books and e-journals; Costing digitisation; Future economic models for document delivery; Cost effective decision making in collection building; Sustainable digital service management development; The economics of copyright; Digital library economics: the next ten years; Literature review.
