Overview
- Presents key aspects in the rapidly moving field of digital convergence in the areas of technology and information sciences
- Chapters are written by international experts who are leaders in their fields
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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The Organization and Delivery of Digital Information
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The World Library – Collaboration and Sharing of Information
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Cultural and Strategic Implications of Digital Convergence for Libraries
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Shaking the Foundations – Librarianship in Transition
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New Dimensions of InformationProvision Restructuring, Innovation, and Integration
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About this book
The convergence of IT, telecommunications, and media is bringing about a revolution in the way information is collected, stored and accessed. There are three principal reasons why this is happening – reducing cost, increasing quality, and increasing bandwidth. Moore’s Law results in ever-decreasing costs of processing, storage, and transmission. Digital information preserves content accuracy (e.g. digital television) in a way other systems do not. High bandwidth transmission from one place to another on the planet is now possible. Information is ubiquitous and globally accessible, and can be held and accessed just as easily on a global network as on a local personal computer or in a local library. Devices are increasingly intelligent and are network-ready. User interfaces are becoming more adaptable and flexible, and can be tailored to particular application domains. Digital intelligence is becoming seamless and invisible, enabling more attention to be paid to the content and the user’s interaction with it. This revolution is having effects on the development and organisation of information and artefact repositories such as libraries, museums, and exhibitions, and the way in which physical and digital aspects are mediated to users. The changes that digital convergence is bringing about are substantial and are also likely to be long-lasting. This volume presents key aspects in this rapidly moving field in the areas of technology and information sciences - from international experts who are leaders in their fields.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Convergence - Libraries of the Future
Editors: Rae Earnshaw, John Vince
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-903-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-902-6Published: 16 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-672-6Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-903-3Published: 20 September 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 416
Topics: Information Storage and Retrieval, Information Systems and Communication Service, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Library Science