Discover Digital Libraries [electronic resource] : Theory and Practice
Xie, Iris.
Matusiak, Krystyna.
Saint Louis : Elsevier Science,
2016.
Discover Digital Libraries: Theory and Practice is a book that integrates both research and practice concerning digital library development, use, preservation, and evaluation. The combination of current research and practical guidelines is a unique strength of this book. The authors bring in-depth expertise on different digital library issues and synthesize theoretical and practical perspectives relevant to researchers, practitioners, and students. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the different approaches and tools for digital library development, including discussions of the social and legal issues associated with digital libraries. Readers will find current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries and their components, including collection, digitization, metadata, interface design, sustainability, preservation, retrieval, and evaluation of digital libraries. Offers an overview of digital libraries and the conceptual and practical understanding of digital libraries Presents the lifecycle of digital library design, use, preservation and evaluation, including collection development, digitization of static and multimedia resources, metadata, digital library development and interface design, digital information searching, digital preservation, and digital library evaluation Synthesizes current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries Introduces new developments in the area of digital libraries, such as large-scale digital libraries, social media applications in digital libraries, multilingual digital libraries, digital curation, linked data, rapid capture, guidelines for the digitization of multimedia resources Highlights the impact, challenges, suggestions for overcoming these challenges, and trends of present and future development of digital libraries Offers a comprehensive bibliography for each chapter
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Biography; Foreword; References; Preface; Context of the book; Objective of the book; Structure of the book; Unique features of the book; Target audiences; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction to digital libraries; Introduction; Definitions and frameworks of digital libraries; Early definitions; Multifaceted definitions and perspectives; Digital Library Frameworks; Evolution of digital libraries; Prelude: early visionaries and the pre-1990s era; The formative years: 1991-2001; Digital Library Initiatives; Early Digital Library Projects
Building the content and opening access: 2000sMass Digitization Projects; Open Access Repositories; Large-scale digital libraries: 2010-; The National Science Digital Library; HathiTrust; The Digital Public Library of America; Europeana; References; Chapter 2 - Digital library collection development; Collection development introduction; History; Definitions; Digital collection development policy; Collection development policy; Collection development criteria; Collection assessment; Legal issues in collection development; Copyright protection; Exemptions for libraries and archives
The digital millennium copyright act (DMCA)Fair use; Copyright infringement and fair use cases; Collection sharing and large-scale digital libraries; Collection development in consortia and large-scale digital libraries; Large-scale digitization projects and collection development policy; Challenges of collection development; Legal challenges; Other important challenges; References; Chapter 3 - Digitization of text and still images; Introduction to digitization; Rationale and strategies for undertaking digitization; Why digitize: access and preservation
Digitization strategies and sustainabilityDigitization process; Digitization steps; General digitization guidelines; Digitization of textual and static visual resources; Technical factors; Digitization equipment; Recommendations for digital capture of text and photographic images; Rapid digitization; References; Chapter 4 - Digitization of audio and moving image collections; Introduction to digitization of audiovisual resources; State of audio and moving image collections; Preservation crisis: obsolescence and deterioration; Audio digitization; Technical factors; Audio digitization process
EquipmentRecommendations for audio digitization; Moving image digitization; Moving image types; Digitization process and equipment; Technical factors and recommended specifications; Encoding and file formats; Summary of recommendations for video digitization; References; Chapter 5 - Metadata; Metadata overview; Definitions, standards, and history; Functions and types of metadata; Metadata schemas; Dublin core; Metadata object description schema (MODS); Metadata encoding and transmission standard (METS); Text encoding initiative (TEI); Encoded archival description (EAD)
Visual resources association (VRA) core
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discover Digital Libraries: Theory and Practice is a book that integrates both research and practice concerning digital library development, use, preservation, and evaluation. The combination of current research and practical guidelines is a unique strength of this book. The authors bring in-depth expertise on different digital library issues and synthesize theoretical and practical perspectives relevant to researchers, practitioners, and students. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the different approaches and tools for digital library development, including discussions of the social and legal issues associated with digital libraries. Readers will find current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries and their components, including collection, digitization, metadata, interface design, sustainability, preservation, retrieval, and evaluation of digital libraries. Offers an overview of digital libraries and the conceptual and practical understanding of digital libraries Presents the lifecycle of digital library design, use, preservation and evaluation, including collection development, digitization of static and multimedia resources, metadata, digital library development and interface design, digital information searching, digital preservation, and digital library evaluation Synthesizes current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries Introduces new developments in the area of digital libraries, such as large-scale digital libraries, social media applications in digital libraries, multilingual digital libraries, digital curation, linked data, rapid capture, guidelines for the digitization of multimedia resources Highlights the impact, challenges, suggestions for overcoming these challenges, and trends of present and future development of digital libraries Offers a comprehensive bibliography for each chapter
Digital libraries.
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