Record Nr.

UNINA9910462831903321

Titolo

Managing digital resources in libraries / / Audrey Fenner, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Information Press, , 2005

ISBN

0-429-23752-9

1-136-77295-2

1-283-96880-0

0-203-82355-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FennerAudrey

Disciplina

025.00285

025.17/4

025.174

Soggetti

Digital libraries

Libraries - Special collections - Electronic information resources

Electronic information resources

Libraries - Special collections - Electronic journals

Electronic journals

Libraries and electronic publishing

License agreements

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Managing Digital Resources in Libraries has been co-published simultaneously as The acquisitions librarian, numbers 33/34 2005."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Managing digital Resources in Libraries; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor; Introduction: Managing Digital Resources; Licensing; The Impact of Licenses on Library Collections; Travels into Several Remote Corners of the Information Universe: a Voyage to the Department of the Houyhnhnmists, Or, Licensing Issues and the Integrated Collection; Opinions, Research, and Analysis; Harvesting for Disseminating: Open Archives and the Role of Academic Libraries; The Electronic Librarian: Inching Towards the Revolution

The Method Behind the Madness: Acquiring Online Journals and a

Solution to Provide AccessSystems and Software; Choices in Cataloging Electronic Journals; Elin@: Electronic Library Information Navigator- Towards the "one Stop Shop"; Western Michigan University Libraries' "electronic Journal Finder"; Integrating Print and Electronic Resources: Joyner Library's "pirate Source"; Electronic Journals in Aggregated Collections: Providing Access Through the Catalog and a Cold Fusion Database; Special Projects and Histories

Just Another Format: Integrating Resources for Users of Personal Digital AssistantsIssues in the Development of an All-digital Public Health Library in Michigan: the Michigan Community Health Electronic Library; Electronic Collection Management: Completing the Cycle- Experiences at Two Libraries; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Advice from the experts?on collecting and managing the digital resources that are an increasingly vital part of librarianship! Managing Digital Resources in Libraries is a practical guide to managing library materials in digital formats. Working librarians share their expertise in the acquisition and management of digital resources, addressing questions of licensing, funding, and providing access. The contributors also examine innovative projects and systems, such as the integration of PDA-accessible resources into a library collection and the development of all-digital libraries. You