Impact of Digital Technology on Library Collections and Resource Sharing
Seiten
2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-1908-0 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-1908-0 (ISBN)
Eight contributions from librarians, book vendors, and library users discuss how digital technology is changing academic libraries. A sampling of topics includes recent copyright legislation, electronic cooperation between libraries, digital books, special collections libraries, and how digital tech
How are your library and its patrons adjusting to the challenges of the digital age?This essential book examines how digital formats are changing libraries today, from the perspectives of librarians, vendors, and library users. Editor Sul Lee is an internationally recognized leader in library administration and management. The expansion of digital collections has been one of the foremost issues in the library field since the early 1990s, and this book addresses important questions about the impact of the digital age. Questions like:
How will scholars and students react to digital formats?
How will electronic resources change collection development?
Will libraries stop buying print materials in favor of digital resources?
Will libraries convert to only digital products or will they have to buy both electronic and print formats?
Will academic libraries retain their central role in the university?With chapters from leading academic deans and directors, directors of national organizations of library professionals, and book/serials vendors including Philip Blackwell, CEO of Blackwell Limited, this book explores:
digital resources and technology
digital books--and what they mean to libraries
legislation on copyrights and intellectual property rights in the digital age
electronic cooperation between libraries
how digital technology can facilitate on-campus research partnerships
the extent to which academic libraries are embracing electronic publications
How are your library and its patrons adjusting to the challenges of the digital age?This essential book examines how digital formats are changing libraries today, from the perspectives of librarians, vendors, and library users. Editor Sul Lee is an internationally recognized leader in library administration and management. The expansion of digital collections has been one of the foremost issues in the library field since the early 1990s, and this book addresses important questions about the impact of the digital age. Questions like:
How will scholars and students react to digital formats?
How will electronic resources change collection development?
Will libraries stop buying print materials in favor of digital resources?
Will libraries convert to only digital products or will they have to buy both electronic and print formats?
Will academic libraries retain their central role in the university?With chapters from leading academic deans and directors, directors of national organizations of library professionals, and book/serials vendors including Philip Blackwell, CEO of Blackwell Limited, this book explores:
digital resources and technology
digital books--and what they mean to libraries
legislation on copyrights and intellectual property rights in the digital age
electronic cooperation between libraries
how digital technology can facilitate on-campus research partnerships
the extent to which academic libraries are embracing electronic publications
Sul H. Lee
Introduction
Whose Good Old Days Are These? A Dozen Predictions for the Digital Age
What Do Digital Books Mean for Libraries?
Taming Disruptive Technologies, or How to Remain Relevant in the Digital Age
Going “Electronic Only”: Early Experiences and Issues
Songs of the Dodo: Information Extinctions, Innovation, and Ecosystem Change
Special Collections Libraries in the Digital Age: A Scholarly Perspective
The Emerging Digital Library: A New Collaborative Opportunity on the Academic Campus
Copyright and Intellectual Property Legislation and Related Activities: New Challenges for Libraries
Index
Reference Notes Included
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.9.2002 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 420 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7890-1908-6 / 0789019086 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-1908-0 / 9780789019080 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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