Continuity and change for U.S. libraries in the digital age: How U.S. public and academic libraries are confronting the challenge of the digital library

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice J. Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Continuity And Change

Ciência da Informação e Humanidades Digitais

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO CARLOS PALETTA
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Web Of Data ◽  
The University ◽  
The Web

This work aims to presents partial results on the research project conducted at the Observatory of the Labor Market in Information and Documentation, School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo on Information Science and Digital Humanities. Discusses Digital Humanities and informational literacy. Highlights the evolution of the Web, the digital library and its connections with Digital Humanities. Reflects on the challenges of the Digital Humanities transdisciplinarity and its connections with the Information Science. This is an exploratory study, mainly due to the current and emergence of the theme and the incipient bibliography existing both in Brazil and abroad.Keywords: Digital Humanities; Information Science; Transcisciplinrity; Information Literacy; Web of Data; Digital Age.

scholarly journals Perceptions of usability and usefulness of digital libraries

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 133-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystyna K. Matusiak
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
User Intention ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Content Coverage ◽  
Visual Materials

This paper provides an overview of a case study research that investigated the use of Digital Library (DL) resources in two undergraduate classes and explored faculty and students' perceptions of educational digital libraries. This study found that students and faculty use academic DLs primarily for textual resources, but turn to the open Web for visual and multimedia resources. The study participants did not perceive academic libraries as a useful source of digital images and used search engines when searching for visual resources. The limited use of digital library resources for teaching and learning is associated with perceptions of usefulness and ease of use, especially if considered in a broader information landscape, in conjunction with other library information systems, and in the context of Web resources. The limited use of digital libraries is related to the following perceptions: 1) Library systems are not viewed as user-friendly, which in turn discourages potential users from trying DLs provided by academic libraries; 2) Academic libraries are perceived as places of primarily textual resources; perceptions of usefulness, especially in regard to relevance of content, coverage, and currency, seem to have a negative effect on user intention to use DLs, especially when searching for visual materials.

An Assessment of Digital Library Functions and Services in Nigerian Academic Libraries

2015 ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose ◽  
Stella C. Nduka ◽  
Olalekan A. Adekunjo ◽  
Innocent Okoedion
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Digital Contents

This chapter critically assess digital library functions and services in Nigeria academic libraries. It highlighted the roles of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) that brought about digital libraries. It is a collection of digital contents that is housed electronically and made available to users. The advantages of digital library were also discussed such as improved access, improved information preservation, it improved information sharing, it enhances library functions and services. Nigerian academic libraries has benefited from the enormous benefits of digital library. The chapter stressed that effort should be improved consortium building so as to improve the services Nigerian libraries render to their patrons. The chapter concludes that Digital library has come a long way in Nigeria, and 21st century libraries cannot afford to render services to users without digital contents added to the prints resources. Therefore, Nigeria libraries and information centres must cooperate in a formal consortia building; this will go a long way to reduce the burden of all participating libraries.

Mastering Digital Libraries in the Digital Age

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-82
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Library Evaluation

This chapter gives an overview of digital library topics: digital libraries and information architecture; digital libraries and electronic learning (e-learning); digital libraries and the Semantic Web; digital library evaluation; digital libraries and service quality; and the significance of digital libraries in the digital age. The Internet and the World Wide Web provide the impetus and technological environment for the development and operation of digital libraries in the digital age. Digital libraries comprise digital collections, services, and infrastructure to educationally support the lifelong learning, research, and conservation of the recorded knowledge. Whereas traditional libraries are limited by storage space, digital libraries have the potential to effectively store much more information and documents, because digital information requires very little physical space to contain them. Encouraging digital libraries has the potential to improve academic library performance and gain educational goals in the digital age.

Academic Libraries in Partnership With the Government Publishing Office

2020 ◽  
pp. 1411-1434
Author(s):  
Barbara Costello
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Government Printing ◽  
Government Information ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government

The implementation of the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40) brought the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) fully into the digital age. The transition has created expected and unexpected changes to the way the Government Publishing Office (GPO) administers the FDLP and, in particular, to the relationships between the GPO and academic depository libraries. Innovative partnerships, use of emerging technologies to manage and share collections, and greater flexibility on the part of the GPO have given academic depository libraries a prominent and proactive role within the depository program. Newly announced initiatives from the GPO, the National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information and the Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet) potentially could either increase academic depository libraries' collaboration with the FDLP and the likelihood that they will remain in the program, or accelerate the rate at which academic depositories are dropping depository status.

Changing Expectations of Academic Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 5204-5212
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ashley Wright Joe
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
New World ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Stark Contrast ◽  
Outside The Box

The digital age has been presented as a stark contrast to everything that libraries have had to deal with prior to now. While it is true that academic libraries have had to change to stay relevant in the digital age, the changes are not as severe as was once thought. When libraries embrace a few simple changes and start thinking outside the box when it comes to their employees, their resources, and their mission statements, they begin to meet the challenges that the digital age presents, and will continue to thrive in the new world presented by electronic materials, while remaining true to their spirit of information exchange and knowledge sharing.

Change Management in the Academic Library

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Oyeronke Adebayo ◽  
Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun ◽  
Ugwunwa Chinyere Esse ◽  
Nwanne Mary Nwokeoma
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
Access Mode

The introduction of ICT has no doubt changed and redefined the way and manner in which library operations are carried out. In this chapter, the phenomenon of change management was discussed and Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model was adopted. The chapter also delved into the management of change in academic libraries, types of Digital library collections, access mode to digital collections, the need for transition from print to digital collections, the need to reposition library tools, resources and expertise, need for accessibility of collections by user, the need and benefits for preservation of digital resources, health and safety policies and prospect of change management. Despite the great achievements recorded in academic libraries due to change in operations, there is still another side to the coin. Issues such as techno stress which is a technology related health problem came to the fore. Other challenges such as increase in expenditure, staffing issues, etc. also surfaced.

Change Management in the Academic Library

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Oyeronke Adebayo ◽  
Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun ◽  
Ugwunwa Chinyere Esse ◽  
Nwanne Mary Nwokeoma
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
Access Mode

The introduction of ICT has no doubt changed and redefined the way and manner in which library operations are carried out. In this chapter, the phenomenon of change management was discussed and Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model was adopted. The chapter also delved into the management of change in academic libraries, types of Digital library collections, access mode to digital collections, the need for transition from print to digital collections, the need to reposition library tools, resources and expertise, need for accessibility of collections by user, the need and benefits for preservation of digital resources, health and safety policies and prospect of change management. Despite the great achievements recorded in academic libraries due to change in operations, there is still another side to the coin. Issues such as techno stress which is a technology related health problem came to the fore. Other challenges such as increase in expenditure, staffing issues, etc. also surfaced.

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