Developing sustainable digital libraries socio-technical perspectives
Title:
Developing sustainable digital libraries socio-technical perspectives
Author:
Ashraf, Tariq, 1961-
ISBN:
9781615207688
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xvi, 362 p. : col. ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Digital libraries : a sustainable approach / Tariq Ashraf, Puja Anand Gulati -- 2. Digital libraries and scholarly communication : a perspective / S.C. Jindal -- 3. Digitisation : methods, tools, and techniques / Jagdish Arora -- 4. Tools and techniques for digital conversion / Pravin Kumar Choudhary -- 5. Building digital libraries : role of social (open source) softwares / Kshema Prakash, Jason Pannone, K. Santi Swarup -- 6. Web 2.0 and social web approaches to digital libraries / Arun Kumar Chakraborty -- 7. Information preservation and information services in digital age / Manisha Saksena -- 8. Digital preservation challenges, infrastructures and evaluations / David Giaretta -- 9. Managing change in reference and information services in digital environment / Shantanu Ganguly, Shweta Pandey -- 10. Digital library and repositories : an Indian initiative / Bharat Kumar -- 11. Collaborative digital library development in India : a network analysis / Anup K. Das, B.K.Sen, Chaitali Dutta -- 12. Intellectual property rights / Jaideep Sharma -- 13. Facilitating access to Indian cultural heritage : copyright, permission rights and ownership issues vis-à-vis IGNCA collections / Ramesh C Gaur -- 14. Harnessing technology for providing knowledge for development : new role for libraries / M. Ishwara Bhatt -- 15. Digital library and e-governance : moving towards sustainable rural livelihoods / Pradip Kumar Upadhyaya, M. Moni --
16. Bridging the digital divide : a review of critical factors in developing countries / Leila Nemati Anaraki, Azadeh Heidari -- 17. Digital divide and economic wealth : evidence from Asia-Pacific countries / Shampa Paul.
Abstract:
"This book provides tools to complement an organization's burgeoning information treasuries, exploring new frontiers by looking at social and economic aspects of digital libraries and their sustainability"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-767-1