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Facet Publishing
Recent developments in ICT, especially the web, have led to the creation of a growing number of digital library projects in the UK, USA and elsewhere. This new phenomenon is designed to bring a paradigm shift in the ways we create, access and use information. The design and development of digital libraries depend on computer, communication and other technical skills, and the dream of successful... Read more
1. Digital libraries: definition and characteristics 2. Features of some digital libraries 3. Digital library research 4. Digital library design 5. Collection management 6. Digitization 7. Information organization 8. Information access and user interfaces 9. Information retrieval in digital libraries 10. Digital archiving and preservation 11. Digital library services 12. Social, economic and legal issues 13. Digital library evaluation 14. Digital libraries and the information profession 15. Trends in digital library research and development.
Biography
G. Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury
