Calhoun, Karen.,

Exploring digital libraries : foundations, practice, prospects / Karen Calhoun. - xxix, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents: 1. Emergence and definitions of digital libraries 2. Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade 3. Key themes and challenges in digital libraries 4. Digital Library Collections: Repositories 5. Hybrid Libraries 6. Social Roles of Digital Libraries 7. Digital Libraries and their Communities 8. The Prospects of Open Access Repositories 9. Digital Libraries and the Social Web: Scholarship 10. Digital Libraries and the Social Web: Collections and Platforms.



Karen Calhoun's landmark textbook on digital libraries for students of LIS globally.

9781856048200


Digital libraries--Textbooks.
Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources.

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