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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
I H Witten; David Bainbridge; David M Nichols |
| ISBN: | 9780123748577 0123748577 |
| OCLC Number: | 262433476 |
| Description: | xxiii, 629 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Orientation : the world of digital libraries -- People in digital libraries -- Presentation : user interfaces -- Textual documents: the raw material -- Multimedia : more raw material -- Metadata : elements of organization -- Interoperability : protocols and services -- Internationalization : the global challenge -- Visions : future, past, and present -- Greenstone digital library software. Building collections -- Operating and interoperating -- Design patterns for advanced user interfaces. |
| Series Title: | Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systems. |
| Responsibility: | Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, and David M. Nichols. |
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"This book provides broad coverage of related work in the field. That is handy, since there is a large international community working on DLs."-- Edward A. Fox, Director, Digital Library Research Laboratory, Blacksburg, VA "These chapters (along with the others) are well written and fully illustrated by screen shots and other examples, making the presentation of the technical content very effective... [T]his is a very worthwhile addition to the literature of digital libraries"-- Thomas D. Wilson, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, Visiting Professor at the University of Boras, Sweden. http://informationr.net/ir/reviews/revs409.html Read more...

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