The Library of Virginia‘s Digital Library Project

Roderick, Elizabeth; Taylor, Jean Marie; Byrd, Sam; Courson, Glenn

doi:10.1108/07378839710371295

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“…By contrast, the digital library concept represented by the Virginia digital libraries is one in which the identity of parent institutions remains distinct. We should distinguish therefore between the Virginia Digital Library Program (Roderick et al, 1997) and the Virginia (University) Digital Library (University of Virginia Digital Library, 1999 and. Here services are based on information owned and housed in Virginia, such as the rich humanities special collections of the University of Virginia (Electronic Text Center, 2000), and the resources of the Library of Virginia (Library of Virginia's Digital Library Program, 2000) as well as external services to which the digital library is simply a gateway.…”

Section: What Is the Electronic Library?mentioning

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The electronic library: a review

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2000

Library Review

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A number of distinct types of``electronic library'' now exist. The term has shed the vagueness with which it has been used in the past. Moreover, certain forms of electronic library service will prove more effective and durable than others. The most successful form of electronic library will reproduce the functionality of the traditional library, but must also fully exploit the unique features of electronic information provision.

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Section: What Is the Electronic Library?mentioning

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The electronic library: a review

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2000

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“…Alsmeyer and Smith (1997) recounted the BT Labs' initial steps towards the construction of a digital library in lieu of a conventional collection. The text, musical, and audio collections of the New Zealand Digital Library project were described by Witten and McNab (1997), while Roderick et al (1997) discussed the content of the Library of Virginia's Digital Library project. Koczkodaj et al (1997) outlined a "knowledge-based system" for consistently weighing both traditional and technological criteria in selecting CD-ROMs.…”

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A review of the 1997 collection development and management literature

Nisonger

1999

Collection Building

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This bibliographic essay reviews the English-language collection development and management literature published in 1997. Selection, deselection, access as an alternative to ownership, collection evaluation, user studies, organization and staffing for collection development, serials collection management, and electronic resource collection management, among other topics, are included. The primary emphasis is on articles, books, and book chapters. More than 180 items are covered in the essay.

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“…Another key development during this period was national, university and public library involvement in the digitization of their own holdings for both access and preservation purposes, typically special collections and often facilitated by external project funding; the Library of Virginia's Digital Library Project included records, correspondence, newspapers and photographs (Roderick et al, 1997). In the UK, the Electronic Libraries (eLib) Programme was launched in 1994 as a result of the Follett report from the Higher Education Funding Councils Libraries Review Group (JFCLRG, 1993).…”

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The concept of collection development in the digital world

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Collection Development in the Digital Age

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The concept of collection development is central to the professional practice of librarianship as the whole notion of a library is fundamentally associated with the idea of a collection, to the extent that the words 'library' and 'collection' are almost synonymous. Other terms such as 'information centre' 'learning centre' or 'discovery centre' are often used now instead of 'library' and terms such as 'information resources' may be substituted for 'library collections', but the activities and processes traditionally associated with collection development are still essential to the effective functioning of contemporary library, information, learning and knowledge services, even though they may look and feel quite different to their historical counterparts. Our concern here is to explore the concept of collection development in the digital library and information environment and in particular to examine how thinking and practice in this vital area of library and information management have developed and changed in response to advances in digital technologies. What are the similarities and differences between collection development yesterday and today? Investigating such questions should help to prepare us for dealing with the collections of tomorrow.The chapter therefore starts by examining a few definitions of the library as a collection to demonstrate the centrality of collection development to library and information professionals. It moves on next to the more problematic issue of collection development as a concept, showing how professional discourse on the subject has suffered from confused terminology. It then uses a convenient four-phase framework to review the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on libraries, concentrating on effects on collections and their development. The final part of the chapter returns to academic and practitioner conceptions of collection development in digital environments, concluding with a set of questions for reflection on the future of collection development.

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The Library of Virginia‘s Digital Library Project

Cited by 3 publications

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The electronic library: a review

The electronic library: a review

A review of the 1997 collection development and management literature

The concept of collection development in the digital world

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