The National Electronic Library

Author : Gary Pitkin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567508871
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Electronic Library written by Gary Pitkin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-06-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Information Infrastructure will bring information to the doorstep of every household. Librarianship must respond to this development through the National Electronic Library. Librarianship as a profession must set the information agenda if it is to be a viable and influential entity in the electronic environment. Traditional library services are being redefined by technology, and the concept of the National Electronic Library must combine the roles of the academic institution, public enterprise, and library education. This professional reference is a guide to assist librarians in planning for the future. The volume maintains that the growing electronic environment is driving a cultural transformation in which libraries must examine and understand what libraries have been, what they are, and what they need to be. Libraries need to participate actively in this transformation in order to remain the central providers of information and related services. The book explores the National Electronic Library as a concept and formal organization. Library services, collections, and the physical facility are examined in terms of present and future needs based on the rapidly changing electronic environment, and the volume relates the future management of information to administrative structures, constituencies, public and technical services, collection development, education, and strategic planning.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309059770
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-01-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released a report about ways to improve undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SME&T) education. One recommendation called for establishing a digital library, similar to those that are being constructed for many research communities, that would make available electronically a wide variety of materials for improving teaching and learning of SME&T. The NSF asked the National Research Council to examine the feasibility of and issues associated with establishing such a digital national library. In response, an NRC steering committee commissioned a series of papers and convened a workshop to consider these issues. This resulting book delineates the issues that should be considered and provides recommendations to resolve them prior to committing funds.

Author : National Library of Education (U.S.). Advisory Task Force
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Access for All written by National Library of Education (U.S.). Advisory Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Digital Library Program--a Library for All Americans written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Board of Regents
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Library of Medicine Long Range Plan, 2000-2005 written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Long range plan contains four overall goals: Organize health-related information and provide access to it; Encourage use of high quality information by health professionals and the public; Strengthen the informatics infrastructure for biomedicine and health; Conduct and support informatics research.

Author : William F. Birdsall
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Electronic Library written by William F. Birdsall and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994-07-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarians develop myths to explain themselves to society and to generate support for their profession. Since the last quarter of the 19th century, the prevailing myth has been the myth of the library as place. Confronted with social change, librarians are searching for a new myth. They are abandoning the myth of the library as place and are adopting uncritically the assumptions and values of the myth of the electronic library, with profound consequences for the future of librarianship. This book examines the assumptions and values of the myth of the electronic library, compares them with the myth of the library as place, and explores the meaning of the library as a place, alternatives to the information society, the role of the librarian in a therapeutic society, and the politics of librarianship. It concludes with a set of propositions with the objective of encouraging librarians to assess critically the role of libraries and librarianship in the context of social change and, especially, to debate more fully the implications of the myth of the electronic library for librarians and the users of the library.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Library of Medicine Programs and Services written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Y. Arms
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262261340
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Libraries written by William Y. Arms and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001-07-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of the Internet and the wide availability of affordable computing equipment have created tremendous interest in digital libraries and electronic publishing. This book is the first to provide an integrated overview of the field, including a historical perspective, the state of the art, and current research. The term "digital libraries" covers the creation and distribution of all types of information over networks, ranging from converted historical materials to kinds of information that have no analogues in the physical world. In some ways digital libraries and traditional libraries are very different, yet in other ways they are remarkably similar. People still create information that has to be organized, stored, and distributed, and they still need to find and use information that others have created. An underlying theme of this book is that no aspect of digital libraries can be understood in isolation or without attention to the needs of the people who create and use information. Although the book covers a wide range of technical, economic, social, and organizational topics, the focus is on the actual working components of a digital library.

Author : Lucy A. Tedd
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783598116278
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Libraries written by Lucy A. Tedd and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Deanna B. Marcum
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313075107
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development of Digital Libraries written by Deanna B. Marcum and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, leading librarians, scholars, and administrators from the United States are invited to give papers on important library-related topics at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology's Roundtable. From 1995 to 1999, some aspect of digital library development was the theme of the symposium, and the essays in this collection are all devoted to that topic. In these essays, some of the most innovative thinkers and practitioners discuss how digital libraries have been conceived and implemented in the United States. Insight into the policy, legal, and technical frameworks of digital libraries is given, while honest views of problems encountered in trying to integrate digital and traditional libraries are given. Finally, some of the essays explore how users are affected by digital library services.