Digital Convergence - Libraries of the Future [Paperback]

The convergence of IT, telecommunications, and media is changing the way information is collected, stored and accessed. This revolution is having effects on the development and organisation of information and artefact repositories such as libraries and museums. This book presents key aspects in the rapidly moving field of digital convergence in the areas of technology and information sciences. Its chapters are written by international experts who are leaders in their fields.

Section 1: The Organisation and Delivery of Digital Information.- Chapter 1: From Boutique to Mass Digitization: the Google Library Project at Oxford.- Chapter 2:Digital Services in Academic Libraries: the Internet is setting Benchmarks.- Chapter 3:Early History of Janet and Library Developments.- Section 2: The World Library - Collaboration and Sharing of Information.- Chapter 4: World-Class Universities need World-Class Libraries and Information Resources  but how can they be provided?.- Chapter 5:The international dimensions of Digital Science and Scholarship: Aspirations of the British Library in serving the international Scientific and Scholarly communities.- Chapter 6:Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)  Past, Present, and Future.- Section 3: Cultural and Strategic Implications of Digital Convergence for Libraries.- Chapter 7:For Better or Worse: Change and Development in Academic Libraries, 1970-2006.- Chapter 8:Combining the Best of both Worlds: the Hybrid Library.- Chapter 9: Beyond the Hybrid Library: Libraries in a Web 2.0 World.- Chapter 10: Libraries and Open Access: the implications of Open-Access Publishing and Dissemination for Libraries in Higher Education institutions.- Section 4: Shaking the Foundations - Librarianship in Transition.- Chapter 11: Scholarship and Librarianship.- Chapter 12: When is a Librarian not a Librarian?.- Section 5: New Dimensions of Information Provision: Restructuring, Innovation, and Integration.- Chapter 13: From Inl&