Information Processing & Management Special Issue on Digital Libraries in the Context of Users’ Work and Interests

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1402-1403
Author(s):  
Ahmed Shawish ◽  
Maria Salama

Rapid advances in information processing, storage, and communication technologies have revolutionized the role of the libraries. This chapter reviews the library services, problems and drivers of change from the classical form to the digital one. The chapter then focuses on the current cloud era. It comparatively covers the library cloud-based platforms, services, management systems, innovative products and opened environments in terms of their characteristics, added values, pros and cons. A comprehensive survey on the digital libraries in the cloud era is presented in this chapter.


2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 556-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Gow ◽  
Ann Blandford ◽  
Sally Jo Cunningham

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