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Crane, Gregory; Smith, David A.; Wulfman, Clifford E. – 2001
This paper describes the creation of a new humanities digital library collection: 11,000,000 words and 10,000 images representing books, images, and maps on pre-twentieth century London and its environs. The London collection contained far more dense and precise information than the materials from the Greco-Roman world. The London collection thus…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Humanities
MacCall, Steven L.; Edgar, William B.; Herring, Susan D. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Describes the extent to which professional activity of library and information professionals is evident in the management of digital collections. Analyzes the digital collections of 11 randomly selected public libraries to determine patterns of professional practice, such as collection development or organization and representation of digital…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Scientists, Library Collection Development
Breen, Eileen – 2001
This paper examines EMERALD LIS and how it facilitates the use of information contained in LIS (library and information science) journals for improvements and progress. EMERALD LIS is a full-text database of journals in information management, library technology, library and information service management, and collection management/development.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Design, Full Text Databases, Information Management
Francisco-Revilla, Luis; Shipman, Frank; Furuta, Richard; Karadkar, Unmil; Arora, Avital – 2001
Increasingly, digital libraries are being defined as collection pointers to World Wide Web-based resources rather than collections that hold the resources themselves. Maintaining these collections is challenging due to distributed document ownership and high fluidity. Typically a collection's maintainer has to assess the relevance of changes with…
Descriptors: Change, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Information Management
Hall, Hazel; Russell, Aileen – 1996
Traditional information services provision relies on the planned and logical building of a collection to meet current and future user information needs. This is achieved through the acquisition and discarding of material, which might ideally be based on a regularly reviewed collection development policy statement. The evolution of collection…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Corporate Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Breaks, Michael – 1999
This paper discusses the management of library collections of electronic information resources within the classical theoretical framework of collection development and management. The first section provides an overview of electronic information resources, including bibliographic databases, electronic journals, journal aggregation services, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Journals
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
Eight papers for the Collections and Services Division of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions that were given at the 1992 annual meeting are presented. These papers deal with the acquisition and exchange of library materials, interlending, and serial publications. The following papers are included: (1) "Why…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations, Library Acquisition