Using Massive Digital Libraries: A LITA Guide - Softcover

Weiss, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838912354 ISBN 13: 9780838912355

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2014

Synopsis

Some have viewed sthe ascendance of the digital library as some kind of existential apocalypse, nothing less than the beginning of the end for the traditional library. But Weiss, recognizing the concept of the library as a "big idea" that has been implemented in many ways over thousands of years, is no so gloomy. In this thought-provoking and unabashedly optimistic book, he explores how massive digital libraries are already adapting to society's needs, and looks ahead to the massive digital libraries of tomorrow, covering * The ahthor's criteria for defining massive digital libraries * A history of Google books and the Very Large Digital Library, with a refresher on the initial protests of the scholarly communication community * Practices of massive digital libraries, and how traditional libraries are evolving to integrate their presence * A comparison of the collection development approaches of Google Books and Hathi Trust * Library applications, such as MDL for research in digital humanities, catalog integration through the Google Book API, Culturenomics, and the Google Ngram viewer * Case studies of library projects with Google Books, with analysis of aspects such as legibility of scans, metadata accuracy, culture, and diversity

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Weiss is the Digital Services Librarian at California State University, Northridge's Oviatt Library. His professional areas of expertise include scholarly communication, digital repository development and open access advocacy. His past research has focused on digital libraries, digitization and open access publishing. He also has great interest in Japanese culture, literature, and its history of librarianship.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838912354
• ISBN 13: 9780838912355
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192