
Developing Sustainable Digital Libraries
Socio-Technical Perspectives
Information Science Reference (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2010
Book
Hardback
380 pages
978-1-61520-767-1 (ISBN)
Description
The increasing prevalence of digital information systems and technologies compels libraries across the globe to update systems and provide users with a digital experience outside the confines of the structural library, providing useful benefits to the user while creating new areas of concern such as digital information preservation. Developing Sustainable Digital Libraries: Socio-Technical Perspectives presents a compilation of articles discussing the benefits and challenges of digital information and library digitization. Scholars from around the globe investigate web application development, techniques for digital conversion, composition of digital libraries, digital environments, and much more. This reference work proves valuable to the study and enhancement of digital information systems and technologies, and in assisting practitioners in the implementation and building of such systems and applications.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1214 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61520-767-1 (9781615207671)
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