Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries

OBJECTIVES

• To develop knowledge and skills of digital librarianship through studying the cutting edge of digital library research as well as real world applications and best practices.
• To develop research skills through independent, yet supervised, research projects within the digital environment, applying relevant methods and analytical approaches.
• To understand the impact of digital environments on the role of information professionals in the knowledge society.

COURSE OUTLINE

• • Setting the wheels in motion
  • Why digital libraries?
• • Underneath the hood
  • The resources
  • A place for everything, and…
• • At the wheel—Welcome to the library
  • Services
  • Information seeking and retrieval
  • Reference query fulfillment
  • User training
  • Current awareness
  • Learning facilitation and collaborative activities
• • Users and DL interaction
  • Direct search
  • Browsing and navigation
• • Meanwhile, back in the factory
  • Economic support
  • Maintenance
  • Rights management
  • Evaluation
• • The open road
• • Appendix
  • Resources
  • Monographs
  • Journals
  • Web sites
  • Regular conferences
• • References