Practical digital libraries : books, bytes, and bucks. Michael Lesk.
Material type: TextSeries: The Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systemsPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann, 1997.Description: xxii, 297 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) 25 cmISBN:- 9781558604599 (hbk.) :
- 9781558604599
- 025.00285 LES
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 025.00285 LES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 110668 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-283) and index.
1.Evolution of libraries -- 2.Text access methods -- 3.Images of pages -- 4.Multimedia storage and access -- 5.Knowledge representation methods -- 6.Distribution -- 7.Usability and retrieval evaluation -- 8.Collections and preservation -- 9.Economics -- 10.Intellectual property rights -- 11.International activities -- 12.Future: ubiquity, diversity, creativity, and public policy.
Written by Michael Lesk, this text discusses the organizational, technical, and economic issues involved in building digital libraries.