Digital Libraries

Of vital interest to all librarians and information specialists, this book presents all aspects of the effects of digitization of today's and tomorrow's libraries. From social to technical issues, Digital Libraries includes chapters on the growth of the role of librarian, the reader experience, cataloging, search engines, OPAC, law, ergonomic studies, and the future of libraries.Content: Chapter 1 The Growth of the Role of Librarians and Information Officers in Digital Libraries (pages 1–14): Christian Lupovici Chapter 2 The Tao of the Digital Library: A Library Without a Librarian? (pages 15–31): Joachim Schopfel and Jacques Creusot Chapter 3 The Reader Faced with a Digital Library: The Experience of the Pasteur Institute (pages 33–46): Emmanuelle Jannes?Ober Chapter 4 University Students' Information Strategies: From Institutional Expectations to Real Uses (pages 47–59): Marie Despres?Lonnet Chapter 5 The Digital Spirit: Digital Libraries and Democracy (pages 61–82): Olivier Fressard Chapter 6 Accessing Library Catalogs in the Age of Digital Libraries and Search Engines: Gaps, Disruptions and Transformation? (pages 83–102): Dominique Lahary Chapter 7 Stakes and Prospects of Heuristic Visualization for OPAC Use (pages 103–121): Sophie Chauvin Chapter 8 3D Interaction for Digital Libraries (pages 123–143): Pierre Cubaud Chapter 9 Using Facets to Classify and Access Digital Resources: Proposal and Example (pages 145–167): Michele Hudon Chapter 10 Digital Libraries: the Publication of Legal Documents Online within the Info?mediation Service (pages 169–180): Fabien Girard De Barros Chapter 11 What Scholarly and Pedagogic Material is Available Online for the Virtual User Within French Universities? (pages 181–194): Ghislaine Chartron and Marc Minon Chapter 12 The Revel@Nice Project: the Creation and Prospects of a Pioneering Site of Online Periodicals and Journals (pages 195–209): Michel Roland Chapter 13 Evaluating the Use and Users of Digital Journal Libraries (pages 211–222): David Nicholas and Paul Huntington Chapter 14 Digital Collections in Libraries: Development and Continuity (pages 223–234): Helene Roussel Chapter 15 Ergonomic Standards and the Uses of Digital Libraries (pages 235–262): Nicole Lompre Chapter 16 A Document Information System Within the University: From the Project's Conception to its Installation (pages 263–284): Corinne Leblond Chapter 17 Do Libraries Have a Future in Academia? (pages 285–294): Robert Campbell Of vital interest to all librarians and information specialists, this book presents all aspects of the effects of digitization of today's and tomorrow's libraries. From social to technical issues, __Digital Libraries__ includes chapters on the growth of the role of librarian, the reader experience, cataloging, search engines, OPAC, law, ergonomic studies, and the future of libraries.Content: Chapter 1 The Growth of the Role of Librarians and Information Officers in Digital Libraries (pages 1–14): Christian LupoviciChapter 2 The Tao of the Digital Library: A Library Without a Librarian? (pages 15–31): Joachim Schopfel and Jacques CreusotChapter 3 The Reader Faced with a Digital Library: The Experience of the Pasteur Institute (pages 33–46): Emmanuelle Jannes?OberChapter 4 University Students' Information Strategies: From Institutional Expectations to Real Uses (pages 47–59): Marie Despres?LonnetChapter 5 The Digital Spirit: Digital Libraries and Democracy (pages 61–82): Olivier FressardChapter 6 Accessing Library Catalogs in the Age of Digital Libraries and Search Engines: Gaps, Disruptions and Transformation? (pages 83–102): Dominique LaharyChapter 7 Stakes and Prospects of Heuristic Visualization for OPAC Use (pages 103–121): Sophie ChauvinChapter 8 3D Interaction for Digital Libraries (pages 123–143): Pierre CubaudChapter 9 Using Facets to Classify and Access Digital Resources: Proposal and Example (pages 145–167): Michele HudonChapter 10 Digital Libraries: the Publication of Legal Documents Online within the Info?mediation Service (pages 169–180): Fabien Girard De BarrosChapter 11 What Scholarly and Pedagogic Material is Available Online for the Virtual User Within French Universities? (pages 181–194): Ghislaine Chartron and Marc MinonChapter 12 The Revel@Nice Project: the Creation and Prospects of a Pioneering Site of Online Periodicals and Journals (pages 195–209): Michel RolandChapter 13 Evaluating the Use and Users of Digital Journal Libraries (pages 211–222): David Nicholas and Paul HuntingtonChapter 14 Digital Collections in Libraries: Development and Continuity (pages 223–234): Helene RousselChapter 15 Ergonomic Standards and the Uses of Digital Libraries (pages 235–262): Nicole LompreChapter 16 A Document Information System Within the University: From the Project's Conception to its Installation (pages 263–284): Corinne LeblondChapter 17 Do Libraries Have a Future in Academia? (pages 285–294): Robert Campbell The growth of the role of librarians and information officers in digital libraries The tao of the digital library : a library without a librarian? The reader faced with a digital library : the experience of the Pasteur Institute University students' information strategies : from institutional expectations to real uses The digital spirit : digital libraries and democracy Accessing library catalogs in the age of digital libraries and search engines : gaps, disruptions, and transformation? Stakes and prospects of heuristic visualization for opac use 3D interaction for digitized libraries Using facets to classify and access digital resources : proposal and example Digital libraries : the publication of legal documents online within the info-mediation service What scholarly and pedagogic material is available online for the virtual user within French universities? The RevEL@nice project : the creation and prospects of a pioneering site of online periodicals and journals Evaluating the use and users of digital journal libraries Digital collections in libraries : development and continuity Ergonomic standards and the uses of digital libraries A document information system within the university : from the project's conception to its installation Do libraries have a future in academia? The very recent emergence of the 'information society' has created new situations that political and economic disciplines have never previously considered. There is a new complexity and many open questions for both individuals and societal macro-structures, which have to maintain, despite this revolution, a satisfactory level of activity and at the same time have to build a new state of stability. With regard to problems identified by many researchers relating to the storage and processing of (semi-)structured digital data, accessibility and sharing, intellectual property, digital documents, information retrieval, information literacy, relevance of information, information profiles of users, etc., the policies envisaged by some for the 'information society' may cause concern and embarrassment from a scientific point of view. This book gathers together 13 contributions from leading information science researchers and presents some of the scientific challenges for these areas, which are also the greatest challenges facing us in the current digital age.

Of vital interest to all librarians and information specialists, this book presents all aspects of the effects of digitization of today's and tomorrow's libraries. From social to technical issues, Digital Libraries includes chapters on the growth of the role of librarian, the reader experience, cataloging, search engines, OPAC, law, ergonomic studies, and the future of libraries.