UID:
almafu_9959870315302883
Format:
1 online resource (xlii, 264 pages) :
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illustrations (some color).
ISBN:
9780081002674
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008100267X
Series Statement:
Chandos Digital Information Review Series
Content:
This resource provides a summary and summation of key themes, advances, and trends in all aspects of digital information at the present time, exploring the impact of developing technologies on the information world.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Digital Information Strategies; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; References; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Digital Information Strategies; Introduction; The Next Five Years; Enduring Elements; Necessary Change; Key Drivers; Technology; Key User Needs; Future Physical Space; Future Skills Needs of Library and Information Services Professionals; Conclusion: Evolution and Revolution; Notes; References; I. Strategy; 2 Strategic Futures for Digital Information Services; Introduction
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A Digital Library is Not a LibraryChallenges to Progress; Competition; Freedom to Act: Structure, Policy and Power; Facing up to Strategic Futures; The Future is not what it used to be; The View Across Three Horizons; Horizon 1: Keep Calm and Carry on; Horizon 2: Understand the Ecosystem; Horizon 3: In an Unknown Land a Compass is more use than a Map; Conclusions: To Lead or be Led?; Notes; References; II. Research; 3 Great Libraries? Good Libraries? Digital Collection Development and What it Means for Our Great Research Collections; Introduction: What Makes a Great Research Library?
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Building Digital CollectionsCommercially Published Research Publications - Moving from Physical to Digital Connecting; Legal Deposit - the Evolution to Digital Collecting; New Born-Digital - Collecting the Web; Unique and Special Collections - Born-Digital Heritage; Rediscovering Legacy Collections - Digitisation of Historic Analogue Collections; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4 Research Information Management; Introduction; Drivers; Internationalisation; Debt; Growth; Legitimacy; Technologies; Responses; Managerialism; Open; Next Steps; Description; Measurement; Conclusion; Notes; References
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5 Digital Research Data: Where are we Now?Introduction; Data Sharing; What is Data and what Constitutes Big Data?; Data Quality; Ethical Considerations in Using Big Data; Data Management and Data Curation Today; Data Citation; Research Data and the Library; Data-Related Literacies: In Search of a Name; Conclusion; Notes; References; Selected Online Resources*; III. Linked Data; 6 From Linked Open Data to Linked Open Knowledge; Introduction; From Cataloguing to Catalinking: Re-Imagining Annotation; Controlled Vocabularies: Trenches to Triples; Visualisation: Linked Data in Archive Maps
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Lessons LearnedNotes; IV. Technology; 7 Transforming Libraries from Physical to Virtual; Introduction: Digital Revolutions; Web Presence; Social Media; Mobile Technology; Digital Collections; Digital Libraries; Digital Reference; Virtual Instruction; Digital Alerts; Virtual Exhibitions; Conclusion; Notes; References; 8 People's Technology: Where is the Line?; Introduction; Conception of Technology; Pattern of Technology Use; How Libraries in Nigeria are Coping; Challenges to Technology Deployment; Conclusion; Notes; References
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9 Swedish Local Politicians' Views on Public Library Digital Services
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780081002513
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0081002513
Language:
English
