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D-Lib
December 1999 |
Editorial As publications become available both online and in print, some groups of users find that they prefer the online versions. But in relinquishing the tradition of print journals, libraries require more than a few assurances from the publisher on whom they must depend...   |
D-Lib
September 2000 |
To the Editor Letters received in response to the story, Automated Digital Libraries: How Effectively Can Computers Be Used for the Skilled Tasks of Professional Librarianship? |
ONLINE
November 2000
Deborah Lynne Wiley |
Hardcopy A look at a few books that define our progress into the digital age, covering the broad topics of digital libraries and organizing information. Then in cyberspace, we get inspiration by stories of folks on the Net, and learn how to get started in ecommerce ourselves... |
D-Lib
August 2005
William Y. Arms |
A Viewpoint Analysis of the Digital Library Should digital libraries be encouraged to develop independently or together? |
D-Lib
April 2007 |
Setting the Foundations of Digital Libraries: The DELOS Manifesto The DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries now envisions a Digital Library as a tool at the center of intellectual activity having no logical, conceptual, physical, temporal, or personal borders or barriers to information. |
D-Lib
March 2006
Bonita Wilson |
A Special Issue on Digital Library Evolution Automated digital library can be used to describe a digital library where all tasks are carried out automatically. Computer programs substitute for the intellectually demanding tasks that are traditionally carried out by skilled professionals. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2010
Xihui Zhen |
Overview of Digital Library Development in China The greatest challenges for Chinese national digital library projects are digital resource construction and a design of services provision. |
D-Lib
June 2004
Norbert Lossau |
Search Engine Technology and Digital Libraries: Libraries Need to Discover the Academic Internet If libraries do not want to become marginalized in a key area of their traditional services, they need to acknowledge the challenges that come with the globalization of scholarly information, the existence and further growth of the academic internet . |
D-Lib
September 2006
Choi & Rasmussen |
What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries Digital libraries are the future of academic and research institutions, and digital professionals will be required to have more breadth and depth of knowledge and skills across the dimensions of traditional library knowledge, technology, and human relations. |
D-Lib
August 2006
Lavoie, Henry & Dempsey |
A Service Framework for Libraries As libraries continue to engage with an ever-shifting information landscape, it is apparent that their efforts would be facilitated by a shared view of how library services should be organized and surfaced in these new settings and contexts. |
D-Lib
April 2002
Stephen Paul Davis |
Digital Futures: Strategies for the Information Age Marilyn Deegan and Simon Tanner have written an excellent overview of the state of affairs in digital libraries... |
ONLINE
May 2000
Deborah Lynne Wiley |
Hardcopy, Recommended Reading on Virtual Libraries Virtual libraries, digital libraries, hybrid libraries--whatever you call them, they're a part of our life. This month, we examine a collection of books to help you get or stay up-to-speed on the latest issues in cyber-librarianship.... |
D-Lib
December 2000
Edward A. Galloway |
Book Review From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World... |
D-Lib
October 2007
Anna Gold |
Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 2: Libraries and the Data Challenge: Roles and Actions for Libraries Once libraries and librarians have forged new partnerships with scientists and data managers, then they will be truly integral to the stewardship of data as a vital part of the scholarly record. |
D-Lib
October 2001
Sally Jo Cunningham |
Report on the 5th European Conference on Digital Libraries The ECDL 2001 call for papers emphasized "convergence": the drawing together of features from existing libraries, archives, and museums to create integrated digital resources... |
D-Lib
August 2005
Clifford Lynch |
Where Do We Go From Here? The Next Decade for Digital Libraries The next decade for digital libraries may be characterized by the transition from technologies and prototypes to the ubiquitous, immersive, and pervasive deployment of digital library technologies and services in the broader information and information technology landscape. |
D-Lib
November 2001
Jola G.B. Prinsen |
A Challenging Future Awaits Libraries Able to Change Highlights of the International Summer School on the Digital Library... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2000
William Y. Arms |
Automated Digital Libraries: How Effectively Can Computers Be Used for the Skilled Tasks of Professional Librarianship? Must access to scientific and professional information always be expensive, or is it possible that digital libraries might change this sad situation? |
ONLINE
July 2000
Mick O'Leary |
NorthStarNet: A Model for Community Information All libraries face a great challenge in the age of the Web: how do you respond when you've lost your monopoly? How do you justify yourself when millions of people have turned to the Web for information they once obtained only from you?... |
Information Today
April 15, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2014: Lives Change @ Your Library The United States has celebrated National Library Week during the second week of April (aka School Library Month) since 1958. This year, it's being celebrated April 13-19, with author Judy Blume serving as honorary chair. |
D-Lib
June 2000
Diane Nester Kresh |
Offering High Quality Reference Service on the Web Today's researchers need to find quickly information that is usable, relevant, authoritative and verifiable. To meet that need, libraries must adapt our traditional strengths of acquiring, describing, and serving information to an environment that is not bound by time or physical place... |
D-Lib
July 2001
Hans Roes |
Digital Libraries and Education: Trends and Opportunities This article attempts to identify strategic issues for libraries wishing to pursue a more active policy with regard to the changes affecting higher education due to the increased use of information and communication technologies... |
ONLINE
November 2000
Mick O'Leary |
Grading the Library Portals The ideal library portal will have the most thorough coverage possible in several areas of the library profession for all types of libraries... |
D-Lib
April 2002 |
Clips and Pointers Collection Description Focus/CIMI: Summary Report... LITA Top Tech Trends... Digital Reference Services Bibliography... Calls for Participation... Usability for Digital Libraries... etc. |
D-Lib
March 2003
Susan Gibbons |
Building Upon the MyLibrary Concept to Better Meet the Information Needs of College Students Librarians cannot afford to be complacent in the knowledge that college students consider it easier to find resources using the Internet than by using the library. |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2011 |
In Brief and In the News A new step toward digital library foundations... Scholarly reading and the value of library resources... Reposit: positing a new kind of repository deposit... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2002 |
Clips and Pointers Recruitment, Retention & Restructuring: Human Resources in Academic Libraries... National Academies to Release First Phase of Counterterrorism Study This Summer... Proceedings from the 5th International Conference on Virtual Communities... etc. |
D-Lib
March 2003 |
Clips and Pointers Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program... Report Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Archiving, Council on Library and Information Resources... Surveying the Digital Future: Year Three... etc. |
D-Lib
December 2000
Carol Ann Hughes |
Information Services for Higher Education: A New Competitive Space For at least the last ten years of my professional life in academic libraries we have seen higher education recognize itself as an important economic sector for our country's continued prosperity, and we have heard repeatedly that the new economy is based on knowledge... |
D-Lib
July 2001 |
Clips and Pointers Report to the President on Digital Libraries: Universal Access to Human Knowledge... Report on the NISO Workshop on Networked Digital Reference Services... National Library of Australia Electronic Information Resources Strategies and Action Plan... etc. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
D-Lib
February 2003
Jeffrey T. Penka |
The Technological Challenges of Digital Reference: An Overview This discussion of technological challenges associated with digital reference focuses on challenges libraries face in establishing and supporting an efficient, patron-focused digital reference service, based on library values. |
D-Lib
December 2008
Candela, Castelli & Ioannidis |
Report on the Third Workshop on Foundations of Digital Libraries An overview of topics discussed at the 3 rd Workshop on Foundations of Digital Libraries. This workshop covers several fundamental issues of Digital Libraries (DLs) related to modeling the key concepts that characterize the field. |
ONLINE
Nov./Dec. 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2000 |
Editorial Last month I attended two digital library meetings, the all-projects meeting of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Digital Libraries Initiative and a conference of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) -- in Europe, surprisingly enough.... |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2004
Deborah Lynne Wiley |
Hardcopy: Recommended Reading on the Library Field Refuge of a Scoundrel: The Patriot Act in Libraries... Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers... The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources... etc. |
D-Lib
October 2009
R.S.R. Varalakshmi |
Curriculum for Digital Libraries: An Analytical Study of Indian LIS Curricula To make digital information management a reality, Library and Information Science education programs in India now include digital library courses in their syllabi. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2011
Gerolimos & Konsta |
Services for Academic Libraries in the New Era The aim of this paper is twofold. The primary focus is to research and document the integration of services based on the web into the framework of academic libraries. |
| Information Today |
Sony Announces Inaugural Participants in Reader Library Program The program will provide participating libraries with in-house training on digital reading devices, educational materials to help librarians and patrons learn more about ebooks, and digital reading devices for library staff use and patron demonstrations. |
D-Lib
January 2000
David M. Levy |
Digital Libraries and the Problem of Purpose Which way ought we to go in digital library research and development?...I'll start by reviewing the problem of purpose in American public libraries and American academic/research libraries before turning to digital libraries... |
D-Lib
September 2001 |
Clips and Pointers Building and Sustaining Digital Collections... Trust in Cyberspace... Selection and Presentation of Commercially Available Electronic Resources... Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository... Feasibility Study for a National Union Catalogue for the UK... etc. |
D-Lib
February 2007
Coyle & Hillmann |
Resource Description and Access (RDA): Cataloging Rules for the 20th Century A rearrangement of the cataloging rules is not the right starting point for libraries. The library catalog has undergone considerable change from a simple finding list to an integrated database that serves both library management and user access functions. |
D-Lib
November 2005
Lagoze et al. |
What Is a Digital Library Anyway? Beyond Search and Access in the NSDL We are now in the adolescence of digital libraries. Like any adolescence, there is reason for optimism and concern. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2000 |
Late Breaks - Endeavor Information Systems In association with Endeavor Information Systems, Sun Microsystems' technology is the incubator for a full-featured digital library solution, called ENCompass... |
D-Lib
September 2000
Paul Miller |
Collected Wisdom: Some Cross-domain Issues of Collection Level Description The desire to describe collections of material is evident across all our memory institutions: libraries, museums, archives, and beyond. The importance of "the collection", however, and the manner by which it is most often described, differs. |
Information Today
May 17, 2012 |
IFLA Releases Background Paper on E-Lending As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the International Federation of Library Associations Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. |
Information Today
March 7, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Library Publishing Coalition -- A Milestone in Evolution of Scholarly Publishing For the past year, representatives of some of the most influential university libraries in the country have been meeting and exploring the potential for library/press partnerships for scholarly publishing in the future. |
D-Lib
December 2001 |
Clips & Pointers The Evidence in Hand: Report of the Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections... Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits... Hybrid Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library Networked Environment... Resources for Professional Education & Grant Writing... etc. |
D-Lib
April 2003 |
Clips and Pointers Who Goes There?: Authentication Through the Lens of Privacy... Web-archiving: a feasibility study... Digital Data Curation Task Force... Framework for the Future: Libraries, Learning and Information in the Next Decade... etc. |
D-Lib
February 2003 |
Clips and Pointers Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Survey of Issues... The Internet Under Crisis Conditions: Learning from September 11... Creating and Using Virtual Reality: a Guide for the Arts and Humanities... Digital Libraries... CD Forum Guidance Papers... etc. |
