Digital libraries and information access : research perspectives / edited by G.G. Chowdhury and Schubert Foo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chowdhury, G. G. (Gobinda G.), editor.

Foo, Schubert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An authoritative and truly global exploration of current research in digital libraries. Internationally-renowned academics discuss what has been achieved with digital libraries and what we can expect in the future through the prism of research. The increasing number of digital libraries in all sectors and the pressure of ever demanding and diverse user needs has encouraged development of user-centred interfaces, intelligent search and retrieval capabilities, effective metadata description and contents organisation. In addition to the two editors who are renowned for their works in digital library research, this collection brings together established international names in the field such as Elena Maceviciute, Suliman Hawamdeh, Chris Yang, Stefan Gradmann, Michael Fraser, Tom Wilson and Ali Shiri to analyse these developments in relation to users and information access and the future trends and challenges that practitioners will face. Providing an invaluable resource for LIS students, academics and researchers interested in digital libraries and access, it is also a useful introduction to developments for those developing, managing or just starting out with digital libraries.

Contents:

1 Digital libraries and information access : introduction / Gobinda Chowdhury and Schubert Foo

2 The design and architecture of digital libraries / Hussein Suleman

3 Metadata and crowdsourced data for access and interaction in digital library user interfaces / Ali Shiri and Dinesh Rathi

4 Information access / Gobinda Chowdhury and Schubert Foo

5 Collaborative search and retrieval in digital libraries / Dion Hoe-Lian Goh

6 The social element of digital libraries / Natalie Pang

7 Towards socially inclusive digital libraries / Chern Li Liew

8 Users' interactions with digital libraries / T.D. Wilson and Elena Maceviciute

9 Digital libraries and scholarly information : technology, market, users and usage / Jeonghun Kim, Angel Durr and Suliman Hawamdeh

10 Digital libraries and open access / Gobinda Chowdhury and Schubert Foo

11 iSTEM : integrating subject categories from multiple repositories / Christopher C. Yang and Jung-ran Park

12 The usability of digital libraries / Sudatta Chowdhury

13 Intellectual property and digital libraries / Michael Fraser

14 Digital preservation : interoperability ad modum / Milena Dobreva and Raivo Ruussalepp

15 Digital libraries and information access : research trends / Gobinda Chowdhury and Schubert Foo.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781856049764

1856049760

OCLC:

868271557