Building digital libraries : a how-to-do-it manual / Terry
Reese, Jr., Kyle Banerjee.
Neal-Schuman, New York [etc.] : 2008.
xv, 277 p. : il.
ISBN 9781555706173
Materias:
Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje U-025:681.3 BUI
Librarians embarking on the challenge of building a digital
collection have their work cut out for them and here is the book to help launch
and complete the mission! Easy to understand, this guide demonstrates how resources
are created, distributed, and accessed and how librarians can keep up with the
latest technologies for successfully completing these tasks. Chapters walk you
step-by-step through all of the stages. This how-to offers detailed advice for:
planning for and assessing the purpose of your digital repository; acquiring,
processing, classifying, and describing digital content; storing documents;
choosing a platform; specific technologies useful repositories (XML, SOAP, and
more); sharing data; federated searching of repositories; understanding issues
with allowing/restricting access to information; analyzing repository use, and
migrating to other platforms and accommodating new types of data. Librarians
looking for a timely, comprehensive guide to creating a digital collection will
find this book an invaluable resource.
