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Digital Libraries
William Y. Arms
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 provides 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.
William Y. Arms is Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.
6 x 9, 344 pp., 8 illus., cloth ISBN 0-262-01180-8
Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing series
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