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This reference analyzes the most current trends and tools that affect how information is created, stored, discovered, and used in a progressive technological environment and presents a framework for librarians to tailor their services and resources, in-house expertise, and organizational identities to provide an efficient and effective community of learning for their evolving clientele.

Demonstrates the utilization of novel technologies for optimal results in a visual resources library-from purchase of hardware and software and database design to selection of appropriate materials for specific institutions!

Libraries, the Internet, and Scholarship highlights

• models depicting the role of digital libraries in information communities
• recent advances in textual encoding and editing
• theoretical proposals for the widespread adoption of new metadata structures and schemes
• guidelines to establish clear lines of communication between librarians and digital professionals
• the management, legal framework, and preservation of digital collections and data
• methods to share specialized data in interdisciplinary contexts
• the potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Offering practical strategies and implementation procedures to address the technical, economical, and organizational concerns of modern research libraries, Libraries, the Internet, and Scholarship is an invaluable and up-to-date manual ideal for library and information scientists, special and academic librarians, archivists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.