| ISBN |
9780124171121 |
| 0124171125 |
| Author |
Xie, Iris, 1965- (author) |
| Title |
Discover digital libraries : theory and practice / Iris Xie, PhD, Krystyna K. Matusiak, Ph.D. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2016] |
| ©2016. |
| Description |
xxiii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1 Introduction to Digital Libraries -- Introduction -- Definitions and Frameworks of Digital Libraries -- Early Definitions -- Multifaceted Definitions and Perspectives -- Digital Library Frameworks -- Evolution of Digital Libraries -- Prelude: Early Visionaries and the Pre-1990s Era -- The Formative Years: 1991-2001 -- Building the Content and Opening Access: 2000s -- Large-Scale Digital Libraries: 2010-- -- References -- ch. 2 Digital Library Collection Development -- Collection Development Introduction -- History -- Definitions -- Digital Collection Development Policy -- Collection Development Policy -- Collection Development Criteria -- Collection Assessment -- Legal Issues in Collection Development -- Copyright Protection -- Exemptions for Libraries and Archives -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) -- Fair Use -- Copyright Infringement and Fair Use Cases -- Collection Sharing and Large-Scale Digital Libraries -- |
| Contents note continued: Collection Development in Consortia and Large-Scale Digital Libraries -- Large-Scale Digitization Projects and Collection Development Policy -- Challenges of Collection Development -- Legal Challenges -- Other Important Challenges -- References -- ch. 3 Digitization of Text and Still Images -- Introduction to Digitization -- Rationale and Strategies for Undertaking Digitization -- Why Digitize: Access and Preservation -- Digitization Strategies and Sustainability -- Digitization Process -- Digitization Steps -- General Digitization Guidelines -- Digitization of Textual and Static Visual Resources -- Technical Factors -- Digitization Equipment -- Recommendations for Digital Capture of Text and Photographic Images -- Rapid Digitization -- References -- ch. 4 Digitization of Audio and Moving Image Collections -- Introduction to Digitization of Audiovisual Resources -- State of Audio and Moving Image Collections -- |
| Contents note continued: Preservation Crisis: Obsolescence and Deterioration -- Audio Digitization -- Technical Factors -- Audio Digitization Process -- Equipment -- Recommendations for Audio Digitization -- Moving Image Digitization -- Moving Image Types -- Digitization Process and Equipment -- Technical Factors and Recommended Specifications -- Encoding and File Formats -- Summary of Recommendations for Video Digitization -- References -- ch. 5 Metadata -- Metadata Overview -- Definitions, Standards, and History -- Functions and Types of Metadata -- Metadata Schemas -- Dublin Core -- Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) -- Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) -- Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) -- Encoded Archival Description (EAD) -- Visual Resources Association (VRA) Core -- Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA) -- Interoperability: Metadata Mapping and Harvesting -- Designing and Implementing Metadata -- Selecting a Schema -- |
| Contents note continued: Metadata Application Profiles -- Controlled Vocabularies -- Building Metadata Records -- User Tagging -- Linked Data -- Linked Data Model and Technologies -- Linked Data and Digital Libraries -- References -- ch. 6 Digital Library Management Systems -- Introduction -- Design and Architecture of Digital Library Systems -- Architectural Models -- Functionality and Other System Requirements -- Interoperability -- Current Landscape of DLMS -- Open Source versus Proprietary Software -- Open Source Systems -- Proprietary Systems -- Open Source Repository Systems -- Selection of DLMS -- References -- ch. 7 Interface Design and Evaluation -- Foundations for Interface Design and Design Principles -- Foundations for Interface Design -- Design Principles -- Iterative Design -- Design and Customization of User Interface -- Conceptual Design: Identification of Users' Unique Needs -- Prototype Design -- Interface Design: Configurations -- |
| Contents note continued: Customized Design and Visual Tools -- Usability Testing -- Usability Testing: Criteria and Approaches -- Usability Testing: Specific Digital Libraries and Specific Users -- User Perspective and Organizational Usability -- Help Design -- Interface Design for People With Disabilities -- References -- ch. 8 User Needs and Search Behaviors -- Types of Users and Their use of Digital Libraries -- Children and Digital Libraries -- College Students and Digital Libraries -- Elderly People, People with Disabilities, and Digital Libraries -- Characteristics of Information Search Behaviors -- Information Search Tactics -- Information Search Strategies -- Usage Patterns -- User Involvement and System Support -- Previous Research -- An in-Depth Look at User Involvement and System Support in Digital Libraries -- Factors Affecting Digital Library Use -- User Personal Infrastructure -- Types of Information-Search Tasks -- System Design -- References -- |
| Contents note continued: ch. 9 Digital Preservation -- Introduction -- Defining Digital Preservation -- Terminology: Digital Curation, Digital Stewardship, and Digital Preservation -- Definitions of Digital Preservation in the Practice Community -- Understanding Digital Preservation in the Context of Digital Libraries -- Preserving Digital Content -- Digital Preservation Challenges -- Digital Preservation Goals -- Digital Preservation Strategies -- Digital Preservation in Digital Library Practice -- Practical Guidelines -- Digital Preservation Technology: Standards and Repositories -- Standards -- Digital Repositories -- Preservation Repository Software -- Partnerships and Hosted Services -- References -- ch. 10 Evaluation of Digital Libraries -- The Need for Digital Library Evaluation -- Evaluation Frameworks -- Evaluation Methods -- Digital Library Evaluation Methods -- Multifaceted Evaluation of Digital Libraries (MEDaL): Study Methodology -- |
| Contents note continued: Evaluation Objectives and Phases -- Evaluation Objectives -- Evaluation Phases -- Evaluation Dimensions and Their Importance -- Evaluation Dimensions -- Importance of Digital Library Evaluation Dimensions in the MEDaL Study -- Evaluation Criteria and Their Importance -- Evaluation Criteria -- Importance of Digital Library Evaluation Criteria in the MEDaL Study -- Evaluation Measurements -- Digital Library Evaluation Measurements -- Appropriateness of Measurements in the MEDaL Study -- Factors Hindering Digital Library Evaluation -- Evaluation Challenges -- References -- ch. 11 New Developments and Challenges -- Social Media Applications and the Impact on Digital Libraries -- Definitions of Social Media Tools -- Social Media Applications in Digital Libraries -- Functions of Social Media in Digital Libraries -- Large-Scale Digital Libraries -- Characteristics of Large-Scale Digital Libraries -- Challenges and Problems -- Multilingual Digital Libraries -- The Need for Multilingual Digital Libraries -- Multilingual Digital Libraries: User Studies -- Multilingual Digital Library Language Search Functions -- Digital/Data Curation -- Digital/Data Curation Definitions -- Digital/Data Curation Process and Issues -- Challenges and Problems -- Challenges and Problems of Digital Libraries -- References. |
| Summary |
Discover Digital Libraries: Theory and Practice is an ideal reference during a time when the emergence of digital libraries has provided users with an unprecedented opportunity for wider and easier access to a variety of information resources for both personal and scholarly use. This text presents a comprehensive overview of the different approaches and tools for each component of digital library development, including discussions of the social and legal issues associated with digital libraries and the application of social media. In addition, the book provides further information on new formats, standards, technologies, best practices, and the evolving concepts of digital library design, evaluation, preservation, and digital curation in books. Users will find current research and the best practices of digital libraries, providing both US and international perspectives on the development of digital libraries and their components, including collection, digitalization, organization, design, sustainability, preservation, retrieval, and evaluation of digital libraries. |
| Subjects |
Digital libraries |
| Collection management (Libraries) |
| Metadatabases -- Management |
| Humanities -- Electronic information resources |
| Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources |
| Digital preservation |
| Libraries - Digital materials and services |
| Technology - Digital |
| Archives and archiving |
| Libraries - Collections and acquisitions |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Matusiak, Krystyna (author) |
| Call number |
2023.043 |
