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Recent Developments in the Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Digital Libraries: Case Studies
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Author(s)/Editor(s): Colleen Cool (Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, USA)and Kwong Bor Ng (Queens College, CUNY, USA)
Copyright: ©2013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2991-2
ISBN13: 9781466629912
ISBN10: 1466629916
EISBN13: 9781466629929
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DescriptionIt is no secret that the world of libraries has rapidly evolved into an environment which will soon be largely digitized. However, this digital shift has brought with it a unique set of challenges and issues for scholars and librarians to handle. Recent Developments in the Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Digital Libraries not only addresses the challenges with digital libraries, but it also describes the recent developments in the design, construction, and evaluation of these libraries in various environments. This cutting-edge resource compiles research from a wide array of specialists into a unified and comprehensive manner. Librarians, researchers, scholars, and professionals in this field will find the reference source beneficial in order to deepen their understanding of this continually growing field.
Reviews and Testimonials
For librarians, students, and academics, Cool and Ng (library and information studies, Queens College, City U. of New York) compile 13 case studies by library and information studies, education, and technology scholars and researchers from the US, Europe, and New Zealand, who address recent developments in the design, construction, and evaluation of digital libraries in a variety of environments, with an emphasis on practical strategies and lessons learned from real-world case studies. They first examine issues related to content management infrastructure design, including the design of an infrastructure built on service-oriented technologies, the replacement of a digital asset management system with an open source system, and the problem of de-contextualization and how metadata schemes may cause loss of contextualization in semantic meaning of digitized primary resources. The second section contains cases on designing effective access, new preservation methods, and expanded services in newer digital library environments, while the third covers the importance of developing methods for evaluating digital libraries, with cases on the differences between traditional and digital libraries, evaluation methods for a cultural heritage collection, and the cognitive dimension of users' experiences. The last section addresses the larger social environment, such as digital libraries being "for the people" and an instrument of social change, teaching digital imaging to foster experiential learning, and the context of communication and collaboration enhanced by Web 2.0 technology.
– Annotation ©2013 Book News Inc. Portland, OR
The clear structure of this book, which helps it serve both as textbook and guidebook,
can be regarded as a good pattern for other authors and publishers. Through reporting
several international cases, the volume presents a sound addition to DL theory, research
and practice. Reading this collection, which takes a multidimensional approach to
DLs, will provide us with useful insights for the world of practice and novel horizons
for developing research topics. It is recommended for policy makers, IT managers,
librarians, knowledge workers, academics and researchers.
– Alireza Isfandyari-Moghaddam, Islamic Azad University, Online Information Review, 38 (8)
Author's/Editor's Biography
Colleen Cool (Ed.)
Colleen Cool (PhD) is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, CUNY. Her research and teaching areas include Digital Libraries, Human-computer Interaction, Interactive Information Retrieval and Human Information Behavior. Dr. Cool's research has been funded by the Institute for Museum & Library Studies (IMLS) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). She is co-editor with Kwong-Bor Ng of the forthcoming book, Recent Advances in the Design, Construction and Evaluation of Digital Libraries: Case Studies, to be published by IGI Global.
Kwong Ng (Ed.)
Kwong Bor Ng (Ph D) is an associate professor teaching at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, CUNY. He has also been a consultant for various research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Dr Ng’s teaching and research areas are in the technical and technological aspects of metadata and information retrieval in the context of digital libraries environment. Dr. Ng has published more than 20 refereed papers in the most prestigious information science research journals, like Journal of The American Society for Information Science & Technology, and Information Processing & Management. His most recent book publications include: (1) Using XML, published by Neal-Schuman in 2007; (2) Collaborative Technologies and Applications for Interactive Design, co-edited with S. Rummler, published by Information Science Reference in 2009; and (3) Digitization in the Real World, co-edited with J. Kucsma, published by Metropolitan New York Library Council in 2011.
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