Development of digital libraries : an American perspective / edited by Deanna B. Marcum ; foreword by Kakugyo S. Chiku.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanazawa Institute of Technology International Roundtable on Library and Information Science.
Other Authors: Marcum, Deanna B.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Series:Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 95.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Perspectives on the Library in the Twenty-First Century 1
  • 1. Scholarship, Information, and Libraries in the Electronic Age / Stanley Chodorow 3
  • 2. Impact of Information Technologies on the Role of Research Libraries in Teaching and Learning in the United States / Elaine Sloan 16
  • 3. Life of the Mind in a World Transformed by Networks and Digital Libraries / Paul Evan Peters 26
  • 4. What's Happening to the Book? / Richard A. Lanham 40
  • 5. Impact of Digital Technology on Libraries: A Chaotic Revolution / Jerry D. Campbell 49
  • 6. Future Value of Digital Information and Digital Libraries / Michael Lesk 63
  • II. Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Library 83
  • 7. Library as Provider of Digital Resources for Teaching and Scholarship / Ann J. Wolpert 85
  • 8. Can We Afford Digital Information? Libraries? An Early Assessment of Economic Prospects for Digital Publications / Ann B. Okerson 95
  • 9. Intellectual Property Policy for an Information Society / Peter Lyman 109
  • 10. Uses of Digital Libraries: Some Technological, Political, and Economic Considerations / Donald J. Waters 127
  • 11. Digital Preservation: An Update / Deanna B. Marcum 148
  • 12. Impact of Digital Libraries on Library Staffing and Education / Rachael K. Anderson 155
  • 13. Government Records in a Digital World / Peter B. Hirtle 170
  • 14. A View on the Ecology of Information / Brian L. Hawkins 187
  • III. Digital Library in the Service of Research and Education: Some Experiences 211
  • 15. Library of Congress's National Digital Library: Reaching Out to Schools and Libraries through the Internet / Laura Campbell 213
  • 16. Toward Libraries' Digital Future: The Canadian Digital Library Experience / Leigh Swain, Susan Haigh 225
  • 17. Future of Libraries and Library Schools / Daniel E. Atkins 244
  • 18. Redefining the University through Educational and Information Technologies: North Carolina State University, Its Libraries, and Distance Education / Susan K. Nutter 253
  • 19. Re-engineering the Undergraduate Curriculum / Jack M. Wilson 272
  • 20. Internet Public Library: Development and Future / Joseph W. Janes 283
  • 21. Public Libraries in the United States: Service to Business and Industry / Beverly P. Lynch 304
  • 22. Prognosis on Becoming Digital: Digital Information, Global Networks, and Business Education / William D. Walker 316.