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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826522603321

Titolo

Digital histories / / guest editors Ian Anderson and Lucy A. Tedd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50972-4

9786610509720

1-84544-838-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 p.)

Collana

Program: electronic library and information systems ; ; v.39, no. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonIan

TeddLucy A

Disciplina

025.00285

Soggetti

Information storage and retrieval systems

Library science - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Editorial: digital histories; Digital London; Opportunistic collaboration; The development of digital resources by library and information professionals and historians; JSTOR: a case study in the recent history of scholarly communications; Digital imaging South Africa (DISA): a case study; Unlocking the Royal Geographical Society Archives; Small organisations and cultural institutions - a digital future?; Reviews; Awards for Excellence

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book is devoted to a selection of  papers based on presentations given at the Association for History and Computing - UK (AHC-UK) annual conference, held in association with The Royal Historical Society's Gerald Aylmer Seminar at The National Archives in Kew, near London in late 2004.With contributions from the UK, USA and South Africa, this e-book explores repositories of various sizes with different aims and organisation and presents the views of historians on the creation and use of digital resources.