How to Build a Digital LibraryGiven modern society's need to control its ever-increasing body of information, digital libraries will be among the most important and influential institutions of this century. With their versatility, accessibility, and economy, these focused collections of everything digital are fast becoming the "banks" in which the world's wealth of information is stored. How to Build a Digital Library is the only book that offers all the knowledge and tools needed to construct and maintain a digital library-no matter how large or small. Two internationally recognized experts provide a fully developed, step-by-step method, as well as the software that makes it all possible. How to Build a Digital Library is the perfectly self-contained resource for individuals, agencies, and institutions wishing to put this powerful tool to work in their burgeoning information treasuries.
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Contents
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The raw material | 131 |
Elements of organization | 221 |
Building collections with Greenstone | 283 |
How Greenstone works | 355 |
Standards and protocols | 393 |
Future past and present | 443 |
Installing and operating Greenstone | 477 |
Glossary | 481 |
References | 489 |
Index | 499 |
About the authors | 517 |