Understanding digital libraries / Michael Lesk.

By:

Lesk, Michael

Contributor(s):

. Practical digital libraries

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston : Elsevier, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxi, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

1558609245
9781558609242

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

025.002 22 LES

Contents:

1. Evolution of libraries -- 2. Text documents -- 3. Images of pages -- 4. Multimedia storage and retrieval -- 5. Knowledge representation schemes -- 6. Distribution -- 7. Usability and retrieval evaluation -- 8. User needs -- 9. Collections and preservations -- 10. Economics -- 11. Intellectual property rights -- 12. A world tour of digital libraries -- 13. Scope of digital libraries -- 14. Future : ubiquity, diversity, creativity, and public policy.

Summary: This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web. At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might need to do are already being done, or how they can be done. The first part of the book is devoted to technology and examines issues such as varying media requirements, indexing and classification, networks and distribution, and presentation. The second part of the book is concerned with the human contexts in which digital libraries function. Here youll find specific and useful information on usability, preservation, scientific applications, and thorny legal and economic questions

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Generalia	Non-fiction	025.002 LES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		29972

"Practical digital libraries, 2nd edition."

1. Evolution of libraries --
2. Text documents --

3. Images of pages --

4. Multimedia storage and retrieval --

5. Knowledge representation schemes --

6. Distribution --

7. Usability and retrieval evaluation --

8. User needs --

9. Collections and preservations --

10. Economics --

11. Intellectual property rights --

12. A world tour of digital libraries --

13. Scope of digital libraries --

14. Future : ubiquity, diversity, creativity, and public policy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-411) and index.

This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web. At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might need to do are already being done, or how they can be done. The first part of the book is devoted to technology and examines issues such as varying media requirements, indexing and classification, networks and distribution, and presentation. The second part of the book is concerned with the human contexts in which digital libraries function. Here youll find specific and useful information on usability, preservation, scientific applications, and thorny legal and economic questions

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