Digital Libraries
From AmbientLibrarian
Digital libraries contain digitized collections that are available for retrieval (Taylor 2004, 15). Often, the resources within digital libraries have been professionally selected and organized and serve many of the same roles as traditional libraries (Anderson and Perez-Carballo 2005, 13).
Digital Library Resources
- Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System (i-DLR)
- "Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System (i-DLR) is a collaborative effort by graduate students of the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT) at the University of Missouri-Columbia to create a web portal for Digital Library education."
- Digital Library Federation
- "The Digital Library Federation is a consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering the use of electronic information technologies to extend collections and services." DLF offers extensive information on digital library topics, including digital collections, digital production, digital preservation, usage and users, and digital library architectures.
Digital Library Readings
- D-Lib Magazine
- Online publication focusing on digital library research and development.
References
- Anderson, James D., and José Pérez-Carballo. 2005. Information retrieval design: Principles and options for information description, organization, display, and access in information retrieval databases, digital libraries, catalogs, and indexes. St. Petersburg, FL: Ometeca Institute.
- Taylor, Arlene G. 2004. The organization of information. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
