List of Figures and Table

Preface

Chapter 1. Digital Libraries in Context

1.1 Treasures from the World’s Great Libraries

1.2 The Rise of Digital Libraries

1.3 The Traditional Library

1.4 Libraries and Information Media in Historical Context

1.5 Digital Libraries as a Global Resource

1.6 Digital Library Definitions

1.7 Why Digital Libraries?

Chapter 2. Digital Libraries: Users and Services

2.1 User Access to Digital Libraries

2.2 Digital Libraries in Various Institutional Environments

2.3 Personalized Digital Libraries

2.4 Digital Reference Services

2.5 Information Literacy

2.6 Barriers to User Access

Chapter 3. Digital Information Sources

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Full-Text Materials

3.3 Metadata Sources

3.4 Multimedia Material

3.5 Websites and Quality Issues

3.6 Suppliers of Some Digital Information Sources

3.7 Creating Digitized Sources

Chapter 4. Standards and Interoperability

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Standards

4.3 Interoperability

4.4 Metadata

4.5 Presentation Standards

4.6 Digital Object Locators

4.7 Protocols

4.8 Continuity and Change

Chapter 5. Organizing Access to Digital Information Sources

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Software Developed from Library Management Systems

5.3 Software Developed from Document/Information/Museum Management Systems

5.4 Open Source Software for Digital Library Development

5.5 Digital Library Architecture

Chapter 6. Interface Design

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Interface Design Principles: An Overview

6.3 Interface Design Rules

6.4 Interfaces for Digital Libraries

6.5 Interface Developments

6.6 Interfaces for Specific User Communities

6.7 Languages and Interface Design

6.8 Cultures and Interface Design

6.9 Interface Evaluation

Chapter 7. Searching and Browsing

7.1 Libraries and Information Seeking

7.2 Searching

7.3 Browsing

7.4 Information Display

7.5 Searching Multilingual Collections

7.6 Searching Visual and Sound Sources

7.7 User Feedback on Searching and Browsing

Chapter 8. Practical Issues

8.1 The Management of Change

8.2 Users’ Needs

8.3 Planning

8.4 Requirement Specification

8.5 Selection

8.6 Installation

8.7 Running

8.8 Evaluation

8.9 Consortia

8.10 Intellectual Property Rights

8.11 Preservation Issues

8.12 Staffing

8.13 Principles for Digital Library Development

8.14 Further Sources of Information

Chapter 9. Case Studies

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Open Library, Open University, UK

9.3 Biblioteca Mario Rostoni, Università Carlo Cattaneo, Italy

9.4 University of Moratuwa Library, Sri Lanka

9.5 Vidyanidhi Digital Library, University of Mysore, India

9.6 ELibraryHub and Digital Library, National Library Board, Singapore

9.7 The International Children’s Digital Library, University of Maryland, US

9.8 Archives, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

9.9 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

List of Acronyms

Index

List of Figures and Table

Preface

Chapter 1. Digital Libraries in Context

1.1 Treasures from the World’s Great Libraries

1.2 The Rise of Digital Libraries

1.3 The Traditional Library

1.4 Libraries and Information Media in Historical Context

1.5 Digital Libraries as a Global Resource

1.6 Digital Library Definitions

1.7 Why Digital Libraries?

Chapter 2. Digital Libraries: Users and Services

2.1 User Access to Digital Libraries

2.2 Digital Libraries in Various Institutional Environments

2.3 Personalized Digital Libraries

2.4 Digital Reference Services

2.5 Information Literacy

2.6 Barriers to User Access

Chapter 3. Digital Information Sources

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Full-Text Materials

3.3 Metadata Sources

3.4 Multimedia Material

3.5 Websites and Quality Issues

3.6 Suppliers of Some Digital Information Sources

3.7 Creating Digitized Sources

Chapter 4. Standards and Interoperability

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Standards

4.3 Interoperability

4.4 Metadata

4.5 Presentation Standards

4.6 Digital Object Locators

4.7 Protocols

4.8 Continuity and Change

Chapter 5. Organizing Access to Digital Information Sources

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Software Developed from Library Management Systems

5.3 Software Developed from Document/Information/Museum Management Systems

5.4 Open Source Software for Digital Library Development

5.5 Digital Library Architecture

Chapter 6. Interface Design

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Interface Design Principles: An Overview

6.3 Interface Design Rules

6.4 Interfaces for Digital Libraries

6.5 Interface Developments

6.6 Interfaces for Specific User Communities

6.7 Languages and Interface Design

6.8 Cultures and Interface Design

6.9 Interface Evaluation

Chapter 7. Searching and Browsing

7.1 Libraries and Information Seeking

7.2 Searching

7.3 Browsing

7.4 Information Display

7.5 Searching Multilingual Collections

7.6 Searching Visual and Sound Sources

7.7 User Feedback on Searching and Browsing

Chapter 8. Practical Issues

8.1 The Management of Change

8.2 Users’ Needs

8.3 Planning

8.4 Requirement Specification

8.5 Selection

8.6 Installation

8.7 Running

8.8 Evaluation

8.9 Consortia

8.10 Intellectual Property Rights

8.11 Preservation Issues

8.12 Staffing

8.13 Principles for Digital Library Development

8.14 Further Sources of Information

Chapter 9. Case Studies

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Open Library, Open University, UK

9.3 Biblioteca Mario Rostoni, Università Carlo Cattaneo, Italy

9.4 University of Moratuwa Library, Sri Lanka

9.5 Vidyanidhi Digital Library, University of Mysore, India

9.6 ELibraryHub and Digital Library, National Library Board, Singapore

9.7 The International Children’s Digital Library, University of Maryland, US

9.8 Archives, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

9.9 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

List of Acronyms

Index

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