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Loading... Building Digital Libraries: A How-to-Do-It Manual (edition 2007)by Terry Reese, Kyle Banerjee
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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 Librarians looking for a timely, comprehensive guide to creating a digital collection will find this book an invaluable resource. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)025.00285Information Library and Information Sciences Library and Archival Science Library Automation ; Management of Digital LibrariesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Neal-Schuman PublishersAn edition of this book was published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. |