Development of digital libraries : an American perspective / edited by Deanna B. Marcum ; foreword by Kakugyo S. Chiku.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Marcum, Deanna B.

Conference Name:

Kanazawa Institute of Technology International Roundtable on Library and Information Science.

Series:

Contributions in librarianship and information science 0084-9243 ; no. 95.

Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital libraries--United States--Congresses.

Digital libraries.

Digital libraries--Congresses.

Libraries--Special collections--Electronic information resources--Congresses.

Libraries.

Libraries--Special collections--Electronic information resources.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.

Summary:

The essays collected here were originally presented at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan between 1995 and 1999 and form a history of American digital library development.

Contents:

I. Perspectives on the Library in the Twenty-First Century 1

1. Scholarship, Information, and Libraries in the Electronic Age / Stanley Chodorow 3

2. The Impact of Information Technologies on the Role of Research Libraries in Teaching and Learning in the United States / Elaine Sloan 16

3. The Life of the Mind in a World Transformed by Networks and Digital Libraries / Paul Evan Peters 26

4. What's Happening to the Book? / Richard A. Lanham 40

5. The Impact of Digital Technology on Libraries: A Chaotic Revolution / Jerry D. Campbell 49

6. The Future Value of Digital Information and Digital Libraries / Michael Lesk 63

II. Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Library 83

7. The Library as Provider of Digital Resources for Teaching and Scholarship / Ann J. Wolpert 85

8. Can We Afford Digital Information? Libraries? An Early Assessment of Economic Prospects for Digital Publications / Ann B. Okerson 95

9. Intellectual Property Policy for an Information Society / Peter Lyman 109

10. The Uses of Digital Libraries: Some Technological, Political, and Economic Considerations / Donald J. Waters 127

11. Digital Preservation: An Update / Deanna B. Marcum 148

12. The Impact of Digital Libraries on Library Staffing and Education / Rachael K. Anderson 155

13. Government Records in a Digital World / Peter B. Hirtle 170

14. A View on the Ecology of Information / Brian L. Hawkins 187

III. The Digital Library in the Service of Research and Education: Some Experiences 211

15. The Library of Congress's National Digital Library: Reaching Out to Schools and Libraries through the Internet / Laura Campbell 213

16. Toward Libraries' Digital Future: The Canadian Digital Library Experience / Leigh Swain, Susan Haigh 225

17. The Future of Libraries and Library Schools / Daniel E. Atkins 244

18. Redefining the University through Educational and Information Technologies: North Carolina State University, Its Libraries, and Distance Education / Susan K. Nutter 253

19. Re-engineering the Undergraduate Curriculum / Jack M. Wilson 272

20. The Internet Public Library: Development and Future / Joseph W. Janes 283

21. Public Libraries in the United States: Service to Business and Industry / Beverly P. Lynch 304

22. Prognosis on Becoming Digital: Digital Information, Global Networks, and Business Education / William D. Walker 316.

Notes:

Papers presented from 1994 to 1998 at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) International Roundtable on Library and Information Science.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313314780

OCLC:

45821158