Strategies for building digitized collections (Strategies and tools for the digital library) - Softcover

Abby Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1887334874 ISBN 13: 9781887334877

Publisher: Digital Library Federation and Council on Library and Information Resources, 2001

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This is not a compilation of collection development policies for online materials. The digitized collections to which Smith, director of programs at the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), refers are those that the library is itself digitizing, not those that the library merely wants to purchase in digital format. Libraries have had nearly a decade of experience dealing with the issues surrounding digitization. Smith reviews the learning processes and experiences of several major digitizing projects and documents the most effective practices. A couple of salient points stand out at this initial stage. Creating digitized collections does more than simply widen access to materials or preserve fragile items. They also create opportunities for research that could not be accomplished before. And predictably, given that statement, digital collections of related materials that reach a critical mass seem to generate far more use online than they ever did in paper. This report is freely available on the CLIR web site (www. clir.org/pubs/reports/pub101/pub101. pdf) or paper copies may be purchased from the site. All academic and public libraries should add this to their collections. Margaret Sylvia, St. Mary's Univ. Lib., San Antonio
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Digital Library Federation and Council on Library and Information Resources
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1887334874
• ISBN 13: 9781887334877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36