A Handbook of Digital Library Economics: Operations, Collections and Services (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1843346206 ISBN 13: 9781843346203

Verlag: Chandos Publishing, 2013

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"...an indispensable manual for anyone contemplating a digital collection of their own, whether this is a community-based digitisation project, an academic value-added data set or a portal for arts students...It will undoubtedly become a reference book for many a practitioner in the field."--The Australian Library Journal,Vol. 63, No. 2, 2014

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Summary: This book provides a companion volume to Digital Library Economics and focuses on the 'how to' of managing digital collections and services (of all types) with regard to their financing and financial management. The emphasis is on case studies and practical examples drawn from a wide variety of contexts. A Handbook of Digital Library Economics is a practical manual for those involved - or expecting to be involved - in the development and management of digital libraries. Readership: Anyone involved in digital library developments and digital collections and services (whether or not library-based), including managers, subject specialists, project directors, technical staff, content creators, editors and managers, researchers, lecturers and students of library and information science and students and researchers, lecturers and students of the internet and of digital economics. About the editors: Professor David Baker has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with sixteen monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken worldwide at numerous conferences, led workshops and seminars. He is Vice-Chair of the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). His other key professional interest and expertise has been in the field of human resources, where he has also been active in major national projects. Wendy Evans is Head of Library at University College Plymouth St Mark and St John. She has published and lectured in the field of electronic journal and database usage, access versus ownership of journals, and has already co-edited and co-authored two books with David Baker. Contents: Digital economics: introduction and overview; Sustainability; Case Study 1: The JSTOR platform - Laura Brown; Case Study 2: Project MUSE - Dean Smith; Case Study 3: Organic, symbiotic digital collection development - Jennifer A. Johnson and Kristi L. Palmer; Case Study 4: Developing a portal framework for humanities scholars - Joan A. Smith; Models and tools; Case Study 5: accessCeramics: building and sustaining a global resource for arts education - Mark Dahl; Case Study 6: The Chronopolis digital network: the economics of long-term preservation - David Minor and Ardys Kozbial; Case Study 7: Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models - John W. Houghton; Case Study 8: Sustainable economic models: Portico - Amy Kirchhoff and Kate Wittenberg; Case Study 9: Methods and metrics for assessing the return on investment of public, academic and special libraries - José-Marie Griffiths and Donald W. King; Case Study 10: EZID: a digital library data management service - Joan Starr; Case Study 11: Adding e-books and audiobooks to the search experience - Michael Gorrell; Case Study 12: Woodhead Publishing Online - Chandos Publishing Online - Martin Woodhead; Case Study 13: A cost study of BMCC electronic reserves with a streaming video service - Sidney Eng; Case Study 14: National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System in the Netherlands - Arjan Hogenaar; The universal library: realising Panizzi's dream

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Chandos Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1843346206
• ISBN 13: 9781843346203
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 284