International Yearbook of Library and

Providing a comprehensive and global perspective about the impact of digital technology on libraries and information services, this year's volume explores the realm of digital objects in libraries and beyond, debates digital vs print, examines institutional models and finance, and focuses on users and reference services.

Editorial Advisory Board 2002/2003

vii

About the contributors

x

Introduction

xiv

Part 1 In Praise of the Digital Revolution?

1

(44)

The spectrum of digital objects in the library and beyond

3

(23)

Marilyn Deegan

Digital versus print issues

26

(19)

Lorna Peterson

Part 2 Institutional Models and Finance

45

(44)

New models of the library in a digital era

47

(21)

Peter Brophy

The economic oppo rtunities and costs of developing digital libraries and resources

68

(21)

Simon Tanner

Part 3 Books and 'Readers'

89

(68)

Reading in a digital age

91

(21)

Catherine Sheldrick Ross

Judging a book by its cover: e-books, digitization and print on demand

112

(21)

Shirley Hyatt

The digital library and younger users

133

(24)

Denice Adkins

Part 4 Reference Services

157

(102)

Web-based reference services: design and implementation decisions

159

(26)

Stephen M. Mutula

Web-based reference services: the user-intermediary interaction perspective

185

(23)

Sherry Shiuan Su

Digital library initiatives for academic teaching and learning: towards a managed information environment for online learning

208

(28)

Judith Clark

It's just a click away, or is it? The challenge of implementing a global information network

236

(23)

Diane Kresh

Part 5 Collection Management

259

(44)

Evaluating digital collections

261

(21)

Alastair G. Smith

Creating content together: an international perspective on digitization programmes

282

(21)

David Dawson

Part 6 Standards and Technology

303

(76)

Making sense of metadata: reading the words on a spinning top

305

(35)

Daniel G. Dorner

Beyond today's search engines

340

(21)

Christopher Brown-Syed

Are we information providers or the information police? The uneasy marriage between access and security

361

(18)

Shadrack Katuu

Index

379

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International Yearbook of Library and Information Management, 2002-2003 The Digital Factor in Library and Information Services

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