Understanding digital libraries
This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web.At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might ne...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Elsevier
2004.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
| Colección: | The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627167006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Understanding Digital Libraries; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Figure Credits; Preface; Chapter 1. Evolution of Libraries; 1.1 Why Digital Libraries?; 1.2 History of Libraries; 1.3 Vannevar Bush; 1.4 Computer Technology; 1.5 Early Language Processing; 1.6 The Internet and the Web; 1.7 Summary; Chapter 2. Text Documents; 2.1 Computer Typesetting; 2.2 Text Formats; 2.3 Ways of Searching; 2.4 Web Searching; 2.5 Thesauri; 2.6 Statistical Language Processing; 2.7 Document Conversion; 2.8 Summary; Chapter 3. Images of Pages; 3.1 Scanning; 3.2 Image Formats
- 3.3 Display Requirements3.4 Indexing Images of Pages; 3.5 Shared Text/Image Systems; 3.6 Image Storage vs. Book Storage; 3.7 Large Scale Projects; 3.8 Summary; Chapter 4. Multimedia Storage and Retrieval; 4.1 Sound Formats: Vinyl, Tape, and CD; 4.2 Pictures: GIF and JPEG; 4.3 Color; 4.4 Image Search; 4.5 Automatic Speech Recognition; 4.6 Moving Images; 4.7 Summary; Chapter 5. Knowledge Representation Schemes; 5.1 Library Classifications; 5.2 Indexing: Words and Thesauri; 5.3 Metadata; 5.4 Knowledge Structures; 5.5 Hypertext; 5.6 Vector Models; 5.7 XML and the Semantic Web
- 5.8 User-Provided Links5.9 Summary; Chapter 6. Distribution; 6.1 Books, CD-ROMs, and DVDs; 6.2 Computer Networks; 6.3 Information on the Internet; 6.4 Grid Computing; 6.5 Open Source and Proprietary Systems; 6.6 Handheld Devices; 6.7 Security and Cryptography; 6.8 Privacy; 6.9 Summary; Chapter 7. Usability and Retrieval Evaluation; 7.1 General Human Factors Considerations; 7.2 Text Displays: Fonts and Highlighting; 7.3 Image Displays and Compression Systems; 7.4 Web Page Graphics; 7.5 Interface Controls: Menus and Keywords; 7.6 Access Methods; 7.7 Retrieval Evaluation
- 7.8 Page Ranking and Google7.9 Summary; Chapter 8. User Needs; 8.1 Overview; 8.2 User Services; 8.3 Acceptance in the Past: Why Not Microfilm?; 8.4 Finding Library Materials; 8.5 Web Searching; 8.6 Performance Measurement; 8.7 Need for Quality; 8.8 Summary; Chapter 9. Collections And Preservations; 9.1 Traditional Paper Collections; 9.2 Traditional Preservation Problems: Acid Paper and Perfect Binding; 9.3 Digitizing Special Collections and Archives; 9.4 Preservation Through Sharing and Distribution; 9.5 New Materials and Their Durability; 9.6 Emulation as a Preservation Technique
- 9.7 SummaryChapter 10. Economics; 10.1 Library Benefits; 10.2 Traditional Economics and Economies of Scale; 10.3 Scholarly Publishing Today; 10.4 Models for Library Funding; 10.5 Access vs. Ownership; 10.6 Administrative Costs; 10.7 Electronic Commerce; 10.8 The ""dot-com"" Boom and Bust; 10.9 The Future of Quality Information; 10.10 Summary; Chapter 11. Intellectual Property Rights; 11.1 History of Copyright Law; 11.2 History of Patent Law; 11.3 Access Regulation and Control; 11.4 Technology for Intellectual Property Protection; 11.5 Peer to Peer Systems; 11.6 Summary and Future Research
- Chapter 12. A World Tour of Digital Libraries
