Overview and management of Digital Libraries
In 90's, the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) changed users' behaviors for accessing information. The Internet is not merely a computer network but is rather a huge information resource for the users. The digital library is widely recognized as an important component for knowledge work on global and regional information infrastructures for the future. We can find various types of research and development projects on digital libraries in a number of countries. For example, in the United States, NSF, jointly with NASA and DARPA , has funded the Digital Library Initiative at six US universities, and they are going to start a new initiative as the second phase of DLI in 1998. The National Libraries in America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region are also actively working on digital libraries. Their activities include digitization of rare materials for preservation and access, electronic document delivery, information access environments for governmental information, electronic deposit and archive environments, and so forth. Thus, we can find various projects and activities in both academic and library societies. in both academic and library societies.
The digital library is integration of advanced information technologies and well-organized digital information. Social aspects such as intellectual property,economic models and user issues are also important from a practical viewpoint. The speaker will talk present an overview of the digital library. He will present several digital library projects world-wide and discuss their features. Then, he will focus on technological aspects of the digital library.
Topics:
- Overview of the Digital Library
- Digital Library Projects
Examples: Library-based Projects- Digital Library Projects Examples: Library-based Projects American Memory by the Library of Congress, Early American Fiction by the University of Virginia Library, JSTOR, etc.
- Information Technologies for a Digital Library Digital Library Initiatives Component Technologies for the Digital Library
- Related Issues
- Summary
Birthplace and Date
Born in 1953 in Osaka, Japan
Born in 1953 in Osaka, Japan
Education:
BE, ME and Ph.D from Department of Information Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1977, 1979 and 1985, respectively.Occupation:
1982-1983 Research Associate, Department of Information Science, Kyoto University,Kyoto, Japan
1983-1986 Research Associate, University of Library and Information Science,Tsukuba,Japan
1986-present Associate Professor, University of Library and Information Science,Tsukuba, Japan
March 1989-January 1990 Visiting Scientist, Department of Computer Science,University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USAProgram Chair:
International Symposium on Digital Libraries 1995 (ISDL'95), August 1995, Tsukuba,Japan
International Symposium on Research, Development and Practice in Digital Libraries 1997 (ISDL'97), November 1997, Tsukuba, Japan