
Digital Libraries
William Y. Arms(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 17. December 1999
Book
Hardback
301 pages
978-0-262-01180-8 (ISBN)
Description
An integrated overview of the creation and the distribution over networks of all types of information, ranging from converted historical materials to kinds of information that have no analogues in the physical world.
The emergence of the Internet and the wide availability of affordable computing equipment have created tremendous interest in digital libraries and electronic publishing. This book is the first to provide an integrated overview of the field, including a historical perspective, the state of the art, and current research.
The term 'digital libraries' covers the creation and distribution of all types of information over networks, ranging from converted historical materials to kinds of information that have no analogues in the physical world. In some ways digital libraries and traditional libraries are very different, yet in other ways they are remarkably similar. People still create information that has to be organized, stored, and distributed, and they still need to find and use information that others have created. An underlying theme of this book is that no aspect of digital libraries can be understood in isolation or without attention to the needs of the people who create and use information. Although the book covers a wide range of technical, economic, social, and organizational topics, the focus is on the actual working components of a digital library.
Review text:
'Bill Arms offers a comprehensive look at Digital Libraries from many perspectives. He's right: we're just at the beginning of this story. The best is yet to come.'
-- Vint Cerf, Senior Vice President, Internet Architecture and Technology, MCI WorldCom
The emergence of the Internet and the wide availability of affordable computing equipment have created tremendous interest in digital libraries and electronic publishing. This book is the first to provide an integrated overview of the field, including a historical perspective, the state of the art, and current research.
The term 'digital libraries' covers the creation and distribution of all types of information over networks, ranging from converted historical materials to kinds of information that have no analogues in the physical world. In some ways digital libraries and traditional libraries are very different, yet in other ways they are remarkably similar. People still create information that has to be organized, stored, and distributed, and they still need to find and use information that others have created. An underlying theme of this book is that no aspect of digital libraries can be understood in isolation or without attention to the needs of the people who create and use information. Although the book covers a wide range of technical, economic, social, and organizational topics, the focus is on the actual working components of a digital library.
Review text:
'Bill Arms offers a comprehensive look at Digital Libraries from many perspectives. He's right: we're just at the beginning of this story. The best is yet to come.'
-- Vint Cerf, Senior Vice President, Internet Architecture and Technology, MCI WorldCom
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-01180-8 (9780262011808)
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Person
William Y. Arms is Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.