Exploring Digital Libraries: Foundations, Practice, Prospects

Karen Calhoun

doi:10.29085/9781783300297

A landmark textbook on digital libraries for LIS students, educators and practising information professionals throughout the world. Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centred foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centred engagement with the social web.

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Dedication
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Contents
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List of figures and tables
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Glossary
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1 - Emergence and definitions of digital libraries
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2 - Outcomes of digital libraries’ first decade
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3 - Key themes and challenges in digital libraries
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4 - Digital library collections: repositories
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5 - Hybrid libraries
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6 - Social roles of digital libraries
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7 - Digital libraries and their communities
pp 159-178
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8 - The prospects of open access repositories
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9 - Digital libraries and the social web: scholarship
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10 - Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

List of figures and tables
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xviii

Glossary
pp xix-xxx

1 - Emergence and definitions of digital libraries
pp 1-26

2 - Outcomes of digital libraries’ first decade
pp 27-58

3 - Key themes and challenges in digital libraries
pp 59-84

4 - Digital library collections: repositories
pp 85-110

5 - Hybrid libraries
pp 111-138

6 - Social roles of digital libraries
pp 139-158

7 - Digital libraries and their communities
pp 159-178

8 - The prospects of open access repositories
pp 179-208

9 - Digital libraries and the social web: scholarship
pp 209-236

10 - Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms
pp 237-256

References
pp 257-310

Index
pp 311-322

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