Discover Digital Libraries: Theory and Practice

by Iris Xie, Krystyna Matusiak

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, School, Textbooks

388 pages, Hardcover

First published December 29, 2015

About the author

Iris Xie is a Professor of Library and Information Science at UWM. She received her PhD from Rutgers University. Her research interests include interactive information retrieval, information retrieval system design and evaluation, digital libraries and human-computer interaction. She teaches mainly graduate level courses at SOIS, including L&I SCI 682 Digital Libraries, L&I SCI 571 Information Access and Retrieval and L&I SCI 970 Doctoral Seminar in Information Retrieval. She has a strong publishing record in the field of LIS including her recent book, Interactive information Retrieval in Digital Environments and numerous papers in high ranking journals. Simultaneously, she presented her research findings at national and international conferences. In addition, she also received several research grants from different agencies and organizations. In her leisure time, she loves reading, Zumba, and travel.

Reviews

[Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the three books which were required for my studies in my Master's program this semester. I truly enjoyed reading this book, as it was extremely informative and the information was given in an easier to comprehend formatting. I found that the information on Collection Development was the most helpful during my studies working with various assignments, and websites such as Omeka.

[Annalise Kraines · Rating 3 out of 5]

The driest textbook in the world. It was fine. I learned stuff.

[Maria Rowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative with lots of helpful photos. There’s a lot of really interesting material in the book and it all seems very current. However the text can be repetitive and awkwardly phrased, and sometimes I feel like I’m reading a research paper instead of a textbook.