Description
This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web.
At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might need to do are already being done, or how they can be done. The first part of the book is devoted to technology and examines issues such as varying media requirements, indexing and classification, networks and distribution, and presentation. The second part of the book is concerned with the human contexts in which digital libraries function. Here you’ll find specific and useful information on usability, preservation, scientific applications, and thorny legal and economic questions.
Key Features
- Thoroughly updated and expanded from original edition to include recent research, case studies and new technologies
- For librarians and technologists alike, this book provides a thorough introduction to the interdisciplinary science of digital libraries
- Written by Michael Lesk, a legend in computer science and a leading figure in the digital library field
- Provides insights into the integration of both the technical and non-technical aspects of digital libraries
About the author
By Michael Lesk, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Evolution of Libraries1.1 Why Digital Libraries?1.2 History of Libraries1.3 Vannevar Bush1.4 Computer Technology1.5 Early Language Processing1.6 The Internet and the Web1.7 SummaryChapter 2 - Text Documents2.1 Computer Typesetting2.2 Text Formats2.3 Ways of Searching2.4 Web Searching2.5 Thesauri2.6 Statistical Language Processing2.7 Document Conversion2.8 SummaryChapter 3 - Images of Pages3.1 Scanning3.2 Image Formats3.3 Display Requirements3.4 Indexing Images of Pages3.5 Shared Text/Image Systems3.6 Image Storage vs. Book Storage3.7 Large Scale Projects3.8 SummaryChapter 4 - Multimedia Storage and Retrieval4.1 Sound Formats: Vinyl, Tape, and CD4.2 Pictures: GIF and JPEG4.3 Color4.4 Image Search4.5 Automatic Speech Recognition4.6 Moving Images4.7 SummaryChapter 5 - Knowledge Representation Schemes5.1 Library Classifications5.2 Indexing: Words and Thesauri5.3 Metadata5.4 Knowledge Structures5.5 Hypertext5.6 Vector Models5.7 XML and the Semantic Web5.8 User-Provided Links5.9 SummaryChapter 6 - Distribution6.1 Books, CD-ROMs, and DVDs6.2 Computer Networks6.3 Information on the Internet6.4 Grid Computing6.5 Open Source and Proprietary Systems6.6 Handheld Devices6.7 Security and Cryptography6.8 Privacy6.9 SummaryChapter 7 - Usability and Retrieval Evaluation7.1 General Human Factors Considerations7.2 Text Displays: Fonts and Highlighting7.3 Image Displays and Compression Systems 7.4 Web Page Graphics7.5 Interface Controls: Menus and Keywords7.6 Access Methods7.7 Retrieval Evaluation7.8 Page Ranking and Google7.9 SummaryChapter 8 - User Needs8.1 Overview8.2 User Services8.3 Acceptance in the Past: Why Not Microfilm?8.4 Finding Library Materials8.5 Web Searching8.6 Performance Measurement8.7 Need for Quality8.8 SummaryChapter 9 - Collections And Preservations9.1 Traditional Paper Collections9.2 Traditional Preservation Problems9.3 Digitizing Special Collections And Archives9.4 Preservation Through Sharing and Distribution9.5 New Materials and Their Durability9.6 Emulation as a Preservation Technique9.7 SummaryChapter 10 - Economics10.1 Library Benefits10.2 Traditional Economics and Economies of Scale10.3 Scholarly Publishing Today10.4 Models for Library Funding10.5 Access vs. Ownership10.6 Administrative Costs10.7 Electronic Commerce10.8 The “dot-com¿ Boom and Bust10.9 The Future of Quality Information10.10 SummaryChapter 11 - Intellectual Property Rights11.1 History of Copyright Law11.2 History of Patent Law11.3 Access Regulation and Control11.4 Technology for Intellectual Property Protection11.5 Peer to Peer Systems11.6 Summary and Future ResearchChapter 12 - A World Tour of Digital Libraries12.1 Information Policy, Not Industrial Policy12.2 Multilingual Issues12.3 Multicultural Issues12.4 Text-oriented Projects12.5 Images12.6 Sound and Music12.7 Video12.8 3-D Images12.9 Scholarship in Digital Libraries12.10 Scientific Data12.11 Access and Infrastructure12.12 SummaryChapter 13 - Scope of Digital Libraries13.1 Readers13.2 Authors13.3 Flow Control13.4 Education13.5 Science13.6 Technology and Creativity13.7 How Big Can They Get?13.8 SummaryChapter 14 - Future: Ubiquity, Diversity, Creativity, and Public Policy14.1 Dream to be Realized14.2 Future Roles in Information Handling14.3 Effect of Digital Technology on Universities14.4 Digital Libraries and Society14.5 Digital Libraries, Society, and Creativity14.6 Public Policy Questions14.7 Projections
Book details
ISBN:
9781558609242
Page Count: 456
Retail Price
:
£54.99
* Practical Digital Libraries: Books, Bytes, and Bucks, Michael Lesk, 1997, 320 pp, cloth, £39.99/$60.95, 1558604596* How to Build a Digital Library, Ian H. Witten and David Bainbridge, 2002, 518 pp, paper, £34.99/$49.95, 1558607900* Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, 2E, Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat and Timothy C. Bell, 1999, 576 pp, cloth, £40.99/$57.95, 1558605703
Audience
Digital librarians, researchers
