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Understanding digital libraries / Michael Lesk

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam ; London : Morgan Kaufmann, [2005]Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxi, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781558609242
  • 9781558609242
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Partial contents:
Evolution of libraries -- Text documents -- Images of pages -- Multimedia storage and retrieval -- Knowledge representation schemes -- Distribution -- Usability and retrieval evaluation -- User needs -- Collections and preservations -- Economics -- Intellectual property rights -- A world tour of digital libraries -- Scope of digital libraries -- Future: ubiquity, diversity, creativity, and public policy
Summary: This new edition 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Evolution of libraries -- Text documents -- Images of pages -- Multimedia storage and retrieval -- Knowledge representation schemes -- Distribution -- Usability and retrieval evaluation -- User needs -- Collections and preservations -- Economics -- Intellectual property rights -- A world tour of digital libraries -- Scope of digital libraries -- Future: ubiquity, diversity, creativity, and public policy

This new edition 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.

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