Digital Libraries and Information Access

by G.G. Chowdhury (Editor), Schubert Foo (Editor)

Offering an authoritative and truly global exploration of current research in digital libraries, in this book a blue-ribbon team of internationally-renowned academics discuss what has been achieved with digital libraries and what we can expect in the future. Equally informative for LIS students, academics, researchers, and practitioners alike, this collection includes in-depth consideration of such topics as
Design and architecture of digital libraries

Metadata and crowdsourced data for access and interaction in digital library user interfaces

Collaborative search and retrieval in digital libraries

Towards socially inclusive digital libraries

Users’ interactions with digital libraries

iSTEM: integrating subject categories from multiple repositories

Intellectual property and digital libraries

Providing an invaluable resource for LIS students, academics and researchers interested in digital libraries and access, it is also a useful introduction to developments for those developing, managing or just starting out with digital libraries.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Margaret Heller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uneven as all such LIS textbooks are, but an interesting international perspective. Real review to follow in Ye Olde Journal.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly focused on no-US digital libraries and applications.