Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Hsinchun
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ605293
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Special Topic Issue, In This Issue. Chen, Hsinchun Computer Networks Cooperation Economic Factors Electronic Libraries Global Approach Inflation (Economics) Internet Library Services Scholarly Communication Technological Advancement Discusses four major trends that have been encouraging the transition to a global digital library: (1) economics of the Internet, including inflation, multimedia, collaboration, timeliness, and scholarly communication; (2) improved service; (3) new digital library technologies, including network technology, data compression, full-text indexing, and object-oriented techniques; and (4) internationally acceptable standards. (LRW)