Download or read book Digital Libraries written by Mark V. Dahl and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low cost Internet technology has transformed library services by allowing libraries to play a creative and dynamic role in the delivery of information to their users. This book helps managers, systems personnel, and graduate students understand the challenges of providing digital library services with a number disparate content providers and software systems. It also helps readers understand what libraries must do to deliver a user experience customized to the needs of individual institutions. Familiarizes readers with general and library specific technologies required to provide digital library services Helps readers better understand trade offs between in-house and vendor solutions Provides library decision makers with technology staffing guidance