Trends, discovery, and people in the digital age /

This book summarises and presents key themes, advances, and trends in all aspects of digital information today, exploring the impact of developing technologies on the information world. It emphasises important contemporary topics and future developments from a global perspective. Dynamic contents by...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Baker, David, 1952-; Evans, Wendy, 1968-
Published: Chandos Publishing,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos Digital Information Review,
Subjects:
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843347231
Summary: This book summarises and presents key themes, advances, and trends in all aspects of digital information today, exploring the impact of developing technologies on the information world. It emphasises important contemporary topics and future developments from a global perspective. Dynamic contents by leaders in the field respond to what is happening in the field of digital information literacy, and anticipate future developments.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xli, 289 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781780633893
1780633890
Index Number: ZA4080
CLC: G250.7
Contents: Foreword : the paradox of a commonplace revolution /
The future of digital information provision /
The usability of digital information environments : planning, design and assessment /
The history of Enquire : the story of UK public libraries on the Web /
Children of the cloud /
Surviving or thriving? Building an information landscape /
The effect the changing digital landscape is having on the dissemination of e-books and e-journals in a world dominated by Google /
Resource discovery /
Using the mirrorworld to plan and build better futures for our citizens /
Beyond the Google generation : towards community-specific usage patterns of scientific information /
What we leave behind : the future of data curation /
The digital curation toolkit : strategies for adding value to work-related social systems /
The JISC business and community engagement programme /
Skills portal : a study skills and information literacy portal created with open educational resources /
Free at last /
Flexible and agile university library and information services : skills and management methodologies /
The future of academic libraries in the digital age /
Roadblocks, potholes and obstructions on the path to new library futures /