LC21 : a digital strategy for the Library of Congress / Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library of Congress--Automation--Planning.

National libraries--United States--Automation--Planning.

Integrated library systems (Computer systems)--United States--Planning.

Libraries--United States--Special collections--Electronic information resources--Planning.

Digital libraries--United States--Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Library of Congress 21

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respects-not only in terms of accommodating digital information and technology, but also through the need to develop new economic and organizational models for managing information. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general management and budgetary issues. The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past. LC21 demonstrates that information-intensive organizations will have to change in fundamental ways to survive and prosper in the digital age.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Digital Revolution, Library Evolution""; ""2 The Library of Congress: From Jefferson to the Twenty-First Century""; ""3 Building Digital Collections""; ""4 Preserving a Digital Heritage""; ""5 Organizing Intellectual Access to Digital Information: From Cataloging to Metadata""; ""6 The Library of Congress and the World Beyond Its Walls""; ""7 Management Issues""; ""8 Information Technology Infrastructure""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""A Biographies of Committee Members""

""B Briefers at Plenary Meetings and Site Visits""""C List of Letters Received""; ""D Acronyms""

Notes:

Also available on the World Wide Web.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-240).

ISBN:

9780309171687

0309171687

9780309514644

0309514649

OCLC:

923257082