Digital Libraries: Principles and Practice in a Global Environment
- ISBN-10
- 3598116276
- ISBN-13
- 9783598116278
- Series
- Digital Libraries
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Authors
- Lucy A. Tedd, J. A. Large
Description
Digital libraries are now a reality and yet their implementation and use is still not at an optimum. This text examines the various options for setting up digital libraries from digitising information in the first place to providing the interface to access the information held by the digital global library.
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