1st Edition

Digital Libraries Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios

By David Stern Copyright 1999
246 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

An unparalleled overview of current design considerations for your digital library! Digital Libraries: Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example Scenarios is a balanced overview of public services, collection development, administration, and systems support, for digital libraries, with advice on adopting the latest technologies that appear on the scene. As a professional in the... Read more
Contents
Introduction
  • Philosophies
  • The Organization of Digital Libraries
  • Collection Development in the Digital Library
  • Usability Evaluation of Digital Libraries
  • New Search and Navigation Techniques in the Digital Library
  • Technical Design Considerations
  • University of Illinois the Federation of Digital Libraries: Interoperability Among Heterogeneous Information Systems
  • Toward Seamlessness with XML
  • Interface Design Considerations in Libraries
  • Grainger Engineering Library: An Object-Enhanced User Interface for Information Retrieval
  • Example Scenarios
  • MAGIC: A Connecticut Collection of Geodata for the Geoscientist
  • Patents in the New World
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included  

Biography

Stern, David