Offering an authoritative and truly global exploration of current research in digital libraries, in this book a blue-ribbon team of internationally-renowned academics discuss what has been achieved with digital libraries and what we can expect in the future. Equally informative for LIS students, academics, researchers, and practitioners alike, this collection includes in-depth consideration of such topics as
Design and architecture of digital libraries
Metadata and crowdsourced data for access and interaction in digital library user interfaces
Collaborative search and retrieval in digital libraries
Towards socially inclusive digital libraries
Users’ interactions with digital libraries
iSTEM: integrating subject categories from multiple repositories
Intellectual property and digital libraries
Providing an invaluable resource for LIS students, academics and researchers interested in digital libraries and access, it is also a useful introduction to developments for those developing, managing or just starting out with digital libraries.
Offering an authoritative and truly global exploration of current research in digital libraries, in this book a blue-ribbon team of internationally-renowned academics discuss what has been achieved with digital libraries and what we can expect in the future. Equally informative for LIS students, academics, researchers, and practitioners alike, this collection includes in-depth consideration of such topics as
Design and architecture of digital libraries
Metadata and crowdsourced data for access and interaction in digital library user interfaces
Collaborative search and retrieval in digital libraries
Towards socially inclusive digital libraries
Users’ interactions with digital libraries
iSTEM: integrating subject categories from multiple repositories
Intellectual property and digital libraries
Providing an invaluable resource for LIS students, academics and researchers interested in digital libraries and access, it is also a useful introduction to developments for those developing, managing or just starting out with digital libraries.