Multimedia Storage and Retrieval Innovations for Digital Library Systems

This chapter presents a holistic view of digital libraries and the role of digital librarians. Technological changes and the use of electronic storage and retrieval information systems have changed the way students and researchers are able to access, retrieve and use information. Key topics presented in the chapter include the concept of digitization, reasons for digitization, definitions of digital library, features of digital library, characteristics of digital libraries, advantages and disadvantages of digital library, collection development and content creation, digital librarianship, role of librarians in digital libraries, issues of concern to digital librarians, process of digitization of library resources, digital library components, and digital rights management.

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Towards Multimedia Digital Libraries

Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch037 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 361-370

Author(s):

Cláudio de Souza Baptista ◽

Ulrich Schiel

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Specific Problem ◽

Research Field ◽

Text Documents ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Storage And Retrieval ◽

Indexing And Retrieval

A multimedia digital library copes with the storage and retrieval of resources of different media such as video, audio, maps, images, and text documents. The main improvement with regard to textual digital libraries is the possibility of retrieving documents in different media combining metadata and content analysis. Content-based Indexing and Retrieval is a complex and ongoing research field with specific problem statements for each media. A prototype of a multimedia digital library is presented.

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The Convergence of Telecommunications and Today's Academic Libraries

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI ◽

10.29173/cais410 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Danielle Mihram ◽

G. Arthur Mihram

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Information Systems ◽

Digital Library ◽

Academic Libraries ◽

Integrated System ◽

Academic Institutions ◽

Storage And Retrieval ◽

Electronic Storage ◽

Ultimate Result

The ultimate result of the merger of the technologies of information systems, broadcasting, and traditional person-to-person telecommunications -- an integrated system -- is already in view, but not so clear are the regulatory [e.g., copyright, electronic carbon copies and postmarks], financial, and commercial/business junctions which will need eventuate. At academic institutions, and particularly so in academic libraries, the "electronic ["digital"] library" will not only maintain the historic role of electronic storage and retrieval but also include "knowledge management" and information delivery roles that have implications in every area of management, services, instruction and research.

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Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians

Research Anthology on Collaboration, Digital Services, and Resource Management for the Sustainability of Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 17-38

Author(s):

Adetola Kehinde

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Digital Rights Management ◽

Holistic View ◽

Content Creation ◽

Storage And Retrieval ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Library Resources ◽

Electronic Storage

This chapter presents a holistic view of digital libraries and the role of digital librarians. Technological changes and the use of electronic storage and retrieval information systems have changed the way students and researchers are able to access, retrieve and use information. Key topics presented in the chapter include the concept of digitization, reasons for digitization, definitions of digital library, features of digital library, characteristics of digital libraries, advantages and disadvantages of digital library, collection development and content creation, digital librarianship, role of librarians in digital libraries, issues of concern to digital librarians, process of digitization of library resources, digital library components, and digital rights management.

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