Digital Libraries and Information Access: Research Perspectives

G.G. Chowdhury (Author, Editor)

ISBN 10: 1555709141 / ISBN 13: 9781555709143

Published by Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Digital Libraries and Information Access: Research Perspectives
• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555709141
• ISBN 13: 9781555709143
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: acceptable
• Weight: 15 ounces

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Synopsis

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</div><div>

• 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

</div> 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.

About the Author

G. G. Chowdhury is Professor of Information and Knowledge Management and Director of the Center for Information and Knowledge Management at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. An academic researcher in different parts of the world for over two decades, he has written several books, articles, and conference papers on information retrieval and digital libraries. He has served as an editorial board member of the Journal of Documentation, Library Review, Journal of Information Science, World Digital Libraries and Online Information Review, as well as acting as an international program committee member at various international conferences. Schubert Foo is Professor and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has served as Board Member of the National Library Board, and the National Archives of Singapore Board, and has also served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Information Science, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, and International Yearbook of Library and Information Management, among others. He has published more than 200 international conference and journal papers, book chapters and books in his areas of research in internet and multimedia technology, multilingual information retrieval, digital libraries and knowledge management.