Managing Electronic Resources :New and Changing Roles for Libraries ( Chandos Information Professional Series )

Publication subTitle :New and Changing Roles for Libraries

Publication series :Chandos Information Professional Series

Author: Webster   Peter J.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2008

E-ISBN: 9781780631400

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781843343691

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781843343691

Subject: G25 Library Science;TP393.4 international Internet

Keyword: 信息与知识传播,自动化技术、计算机技术

Language: ENG

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Description

The on going movement to electronic collections presents many exciting new service opportunities for libraries, as well as creating materials management, resource, and service challenges. This book looks at how online resources are causing the roles and practices of libraries to change.

  • Forward looking consideration of critical emerging issues in library practice
  • Draws on the author’s wide knowledge of electronic content management issues
  • Presents a practical perspective based on the authors long standing experience

Chapter

Acknowledgements

About the author

1 Introduction

2 Universal discovery and access to information

2.1 Building a unified information environment

2.2 Silo busting: integrating management and access to online information

2.3 The traditional integrating role of the library taken to new heights

2.4 The hybrid library

3 The library catalogue and the new role of distributed electronic content tools

3.1 Link resolvers and the knowledgebase

3.2 Federated searching

3.3 Electronic resource management

3.4 Document delivery patron services

3.5 Citation management

3.6 Proxy servers

3.7 Enhanced content services

3.8 Social networking tools and resources

3.9 New and additional distributed content tools

4 Electronic content products – materials management and integration

4.1 Large aggregated full-text and indexing databases

4.2 Large publisher full-text databases

4.3 Small publisher websites

4.4 Individual journal webpages

5 The ILS and the challenges of electronic materials

5.1 Automated information exchange

5.2 Links and link resolving

5.3 Link checking

5.4 Linking, authentication and remote access

5.5 Getting more from link resolvers

5.6 Package, not item, management

5.7 Staffing, skills, vendor hosting and distributed management

5.8 Costs of new systems, rich and poor libraries and the new digital divide

5.9 Information preservation

6 Whither the OPAC: new models for the primary library search interface

6.1 Distributed search and materials management

6.2 Distributed/federated search problems still to be overcome

6.3 Divergence of e-content and e-interface

7 Still too many search interfaces: wrestling with old and new disintegrated applications

7.1 CD-ROM, standalone software, and other annoying silos

7.2 My library tools

8 Innovative interfaces, new interfaces, search services, toolbars, lookups and widgets

8.1 User perceptions of broken

9 End-to-end integration and a seamless user experience

10 Net size, bigger and better partnerships, and getting others to share the work

11 Library application services for information exchange: more and less than web services

12 More elements of the integrated information environment

12.1 Object oriented principles, relational structure and modularity

12.2 Open source

12.3 Standards

12.4 Mashups

13 Conclusions

13.1 Distributed and shared access and materials management

13.2 New search combinations and points of user access

13.3 Seamlessness

13.4 Silo busting

13.5 Taking information management to the network level

13.6 The unified and integrated online information environment

References

Index

Acknowledgements

About the author

1 Introduction

2 Universal discovery and access to information

3 The library catalogue and the new role of distributed electronic content tools

4 Electronic content products – materials management and integration

5 The ILS and the challenges of electronic materials

6 Whither the OPAC: new models for the primary library search interface

7 Still too many search interfaces: wrestling with old and new disintegrated applications

8 Innovative interfaces, new interfaces, search services, toolbars, lookups and widgets

9 End-to-end integration and a seamless user experience

10 Net size, bigger and better partnerships, and getting others to share the work

11 Library application services for information exchange: more and less than web services

12 More elements of the integrated information environment

13 Conclusions

References

Index

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