Building Digital Libraries (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781555706173)

Librarians embarking on the challenge of building a digital collection have their work cut out for them--and here is the book to help launch and complete the mission Easy to understand, this guide demonstrates how resources are created, distributed, and accessed--and how librarians can keep up with the latest technologies for successfully completing these tasks. Chapters walk you step-by-step through all of the stages. This book offers detailed advice for: *Planning for and assessing the purpose of your digital repository; *Acquiring, processing, classifying and describing digital content; *Storing documents; *Choosing a platform; *Specific technologies useful to digital repositories (XML, SOAP, and more); *Sharing data; *Federated searching of repositories; *Understanding information-access issues; *Analyzing repository use; *Migrating to new platforms and accommodating new types of data

Author: Terry Reese, J. Kyle Banerjee
ISBN-10: 1555706177
ISBN-13: 9781555706173
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2008 pg. 134
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 368