Digital Libraries and Information Access Research Perspectives

Offering an authoritative and truly global exploration of current research in digital libraries, in this book a blue-ribbon team of internationally renowned academics discuss what has been achieved with digital libraries and what we can expect in the future. Equally informative for LIS students, academics, researchers, and practitioners alike, this collection includes in-depth consideration of such topics asDesign and architecture of digital librariesMetadata and crowdsourced data for access and interaction in digital library user interfacesCollaborative search and retrieval in digital librariesTowards socially inclusive digital librariesUsers' interactions with digital librariesiSTEM: integrating subject categories from multiple repositories Intellectual property and digital librariesProviding an invaluable resource for LIS students, academics and researchers interested in digital libraries and access, it is also a useful introduction to developments for those developing, managing or just starting out with digital libraries.