Development of Digital Libraries: An American Perspective

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The essays collected here were originally presented at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan between 1995 and 1999 and form a history of American digital library development. Every year, leading librarians, scholars, and administrators from the United States are invited to give papers on important library-related topics at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology's Roundtable. From 1995 to 1999 some aspect of digital library development was the theme of the symposium, and the essays in this collection are all devoted to that topic. In these essays, some of the most innovative thinkers and practitioners discuss how digital libraries have been conceived and implemented in the United States. Insight is given into the policy, legal, and technical frameworks of digital libraries, while others are honest views of problems encountered in trying to integrate digital and traditional libraries. Finally, some explore how users are affected by digital library services.

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.,."a definite "must have" for medium and large academic libraries and for institutes that collect in the field of Library and Information Science."-Technicalities
"The collection of lectures in this book provides a unique and compelling overview of the information science domain as it existed in the period of 1994 to 1998. It seves as a reminder of the main issues that drove the development of digital libraries and have shaped the choices that have since been made in terms of interoperability standards, user interfaces, preservation and librarianship....[a] worthwhile read for any scholar interested to review an asses the development of digital libraries over the past ten years....In a domain characterized by rapid evolution, it serves to remind us of what has been acheived and what deserves our continued attention. It is welcome reminder of the challenges that have driven us to where we are and will continue to propel the development of digital libraries."-Journal of Documentation
...a definite "must have" for medium and large academic libraries and for institutes that collect in the field of Library and Information Science.-Technicalities
Development of Digital Libraries: An American Perspective is a useful addition to the bookshelves of librarians who are responsible for, or interested in, the development of digital collections and services. The volume provides an instructive retrospective on a decade's thinking in a rapidly evolving arena. In the process, it highlights how far we've come and how very far we've yet to go.-Portal: Libraries and the Academy
The collection of lectures in this book provides a unique and compelling overview of the information science domain as it existed in the period of 1994 to 1998. It seves as a reminder of the main issues that drove the development of digital libraries and have shaped the choices that have since been made in terms of interoperability standards, user interfaces, preservation and librarianship....[a] worthwhile read for any scholar interested to review an asses the development of digital libraries over the past ten years....In a domain characterized by rapid evolution, it serves to remind us of what has been acheived and what deserves our continued attention. It is welcome reminder of the challenges that have driven us to where we are and will continue to propel the development of digital libraries.-Journal of Documentation
..."a definite "must have" for medium and large academic libraries and for institutes that collect in the field of Library and Information Science."-Technicalities
"Development of Digital Libraries: An American Perspective is a useful addition to the bookshelves of librarians who are responsible for, or interested in, the development of digital collections and services. The volume provides an instructive retrospective on a decade's thinking in a rapidly evolving arena. In the process, it highlights how far we've come and how very far we've yet to go."-Portal: Libraries and the Academy

Author Bio

DEANNA B. MARCUM is President of the Council on Library and Information Resources in Washington, D.C.