The whole digital library handbook / edited by Diane Kresh for the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kresh, Diane.

Council on Library and Information Resources.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital libraries--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Digital libraries.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

x, 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 2007.

Summary:

Essential facts, advice, lists, guidelines, lore, wit, and wisdom: along with fun and irreverence, it's what readers have come to expect from ALA's Whole Library series. In this latest compendium, by turns encyclopedic, useful, and engaging, contributors provide an overview of digital libraries, covering the state of information, issues, customers, challenges, tools and technology, preservation, and the future.

From blogs to wikis, highlights include: Digitization project planning tips and tools, 13 ways of looking at digital preservation, Gary Price's 8 tips for proactive librarians, The value proposition of the digital library, Lists of Internet libraries, libraries that IM, libraries that podcast, Interpretations of NextGen demographic data, Prominent librarians' perspectives on "Amazoogle". Collecting insights from library luminaries as well as the perspectives of experts from outside the ranks of library professionals, The Whole Digital Library Handbook decodes the jargon and puts access to information in perspective.

Contents:

Definitions

Users

The landscape

The market

Tools

Operations

Preservation

The future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0838909264

9780838909263

OCLC:

71126827