Managing digital resources in libraries / Audrey Fenner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fenner, Audrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital libraries.

Libraries--Special collections--Electronic information resources.

Libraries.

Electronic information resources.

Libraries--Special collections--Electronic journals.

Electronic journals.

Libraries and electronic publishing.

Copyright--Electronic information resources--United States.

Copyright.

License agreements.

Digital libraries--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Information Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advice from the experts?on collecting and managing the digital resources that are an increasingly vital part of librarianship! Managing Digital Resources in Libraries is a practical guide to managing library materials in digital formats. Working librarians share their expertise in the acquisition and management of digital resources, addressing questions of licensing, funding, and providing access. The contributors also examine innovative projects and systems, such as the integration of PDA-accessible resources into a library collection and the development of all-digital libraries. You

Contents:

Cover; Managing digital Resources in Libraries; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor; Introduction: Managing Digital Resources; Licensing; The Impact of Licenses on Library Collections; Travels into Several Remote Corners of the Information Universe: a Voyage to the Department of the Houyhnhnmists, Or, Licensing Issues and the Integrated Collection; Opinions, Research, and Analysis; Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries; The Electronic Librarian: Inching Towards the Revolution

The Method Behind the Madness: Acquiring Online Journals and a Solution to Provide AccessSystems and Software; Choices in Cataloging Electronic Journals; Elin@: Electronic Library Information Navigator- Towards the "one Stop Shop"; Western Michigan University Libraries' "electronic Journal Finder"; Integrating Print and Electronic Resources: Joyner Library's "pirate Source"; Electronic Journals in Aggregated Collections: Providing Access Through the Catalog and a Cold Fusion Database; Special Projects and Histories

Just Another Format: Integrating Resources for Users of Personal Digital AssistantsIssues in the Development of an All-digital Public Health Library in Michigan: the Michigan Community Health Electronic Library; Electronic Collection Management: Completing the Cycle- Experiences at Two Libraries; Index

Notes:

"Managing Digital Resources in Libraries has been co-published simultaneously as The acquisitions librarian, numbers 33/34 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-77294-4

0-429-23752-9

1-136-77295-2

1-283-96880-0

0-203-82355-9

9780429237522

OCLC:

826486862