Trends, discovery, and people in the digital age / / edited by David Baker and Wendy Evans

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.04
• Soggetto topico: Digital libraries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BakerDavid EvansWendy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Trends, Discovery, and People in the Digital Age; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Foreword: the paradox of a commonplace revolution; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; About the contributors; 1 The future of digital information provision; Introduction; The future of the library and the library of the future; Discovery; Open access, intellectual property rights, interoperability; Sustainability; Users, resources, intermediation; Information literacy; Whither librarianship?; What next?; End note; Notes; References ; 2 The usability of digital information environments: planning, design and assessmentIntroduction; User-centred design: usability and digital environments; Information-seeking behaviour: need, information, access; What is information-seeking behaviour?; Information-seeking and informationprovision match; Heuristics and design guidelines; Information-seeking trends; Accessibility; Usability evaluation: building sites high in utility and ease of use; Designing highly usable future pathways: an art and a science; Notes; References ; 3 The history of Enquire: the story of UK public libraries on the WebIntroduction; History; Enquire: how it works; Enquire: value for money; Additional local services available when participating in Enquire; Answers around the clock from around the globe; Service management; The future; Notes; References; 4 Children of the cloud; The Web's just not that into you ...; Wunderkind; Brain apps; Ignorance is bliss; A cloud of forgotten dreams; You are what you stream; Notes; 5 Surviving or thriving? Building an information landscape; Introduction ; Our digital information environment: changes and challengesDisintermediation; Hypertext; Increasing fluidity; Converging information models; Power and control; Open or closed?; Information overload; The wider information environment; Human agency; Information; Our information landscape; Notes; References; 6 The effect the changing digital landscape is having on the dissemination of e-books and e-journals in a world dominated by Googl; Introduction; New opportunities; The scholarly journal; E-books; Mobile devices; Scholarly monographs; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 Resource discovery ; The resource discovery context for higher educationThe Resource Discovery Taskforce; The future; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Using the Mirrorworld to plan and build better futures for our citizens; Introduction; Developing the Mirrorworld - first steps; Black Country case study; Salford Mirrorworld; Mirrorworld platform technology overview; Future developments; Acknowledgements; Notes; 9 Beyond the Google generation: towards community-specific usage patterns of scientific information; Generation gap and community; Disciplines and subjects in usage studies ; The Google generation concept and French STM researchers
• Sommario/riassunto: Digital information is a constantly developing field. The first title in the Chandos Digital Information Review series, Trends, Discovery, and People in the Digital Age, summarises and presents key themes, advances and trends in all aspects of digital information today, exploring the impact of developing technologies on the information world. This book emphasises important contemporary topics and future developments from a global perspective. Dynamic contents by leaders in the field respond to what is happening in the field of digital information literacy, and anticipate future developments. T
• Titolo autorizzato: Trends, discovery, and people in the digital age
• ISBN: 1-78063-389-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462869503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chandos Digital Information Review