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Exploring digital libraries : foundations, practice, prospects / Karen Calhoun.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Facet Publishing, 2014.Description: xxix, 322 pages : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781856048200 (pbk.)
  • 1856048209 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.042 23
LOC classification:
  • Z692.C65 CAL 2014
Contents:
Emergence and definitions of digital libraries -- Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade -- Key themes and challenges in digital libraries -- Digital library collections : repositories -- Hybrid libraries -- Social roles of digital libraries -- Digital libraries and their communities -- The prospects of open access repositories -- Digital libraries and the social web : scholarship -- Digital libraries and the social web : collections and platforms.
Summary: "Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centered foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centered engagement with the social web."--pub. desc.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre General Stacks Z 692.C65 CAL 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1187 Available MzULM-001187

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-309) and index.

Emergence and definitions of digital libraries -- Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade -- Key themes and challenges in digital libraries -- Digital library collections : repositories -- Hybrid libraries -- Social roles of digital libraries -- Digital libraries and their communities -- The prospects of open access repositories -- Digital libraries and the social web : scholarship -- Digital libraries and the social web : collections and platforms.

"Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centered foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centered engagement with the social web."--pub. desc.

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