Exploring digital libraries : foundations, practice, prospects / Karen Calhoun.

Abstract: The emergence of digital libraries in the early 1990s was a critical turning point in the shift to networked information. Calhoun examines the foundations, current practice and prospects of digital libraries, and explores the possibilities of a shift toward a community-centered perspective based on what digital libraries contribute or might contribute in a time of societal change.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Emergence and definitions of digital libraries – Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade – Key themes and challenges in digital libraries – Digital library collections : Repositories – Hybrid libraries – Social roles of digital libraries – Digital libraries and their communities – The prospects of open access repositories – Digital libraries and the social web : Scholarship – Digital libraries and the social web : Collections and platforms.

English