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The Whole Digital Library Handbook the whole digital library handbook edited by diane kresh CONTENTS i THE WHOLE DIGITAL LIBRARY HANDBOOK Edited by Diane Kresh for the Council on Library and Information Resources American Library Association Chicago 2007 While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of information appearing in this book, the publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, on the accuracy or reliability of the information, and does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in this publication. Composition by Priority Publishing using Adobe PageMaker 7.0 on a Windows platform. Selected artwork from ClipArt.com. Printed on 50-pound white offset, a pH-neutral stock. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The whole digital library handbook / edited by Diane Kresh for the Council on Library and Information Resources. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-8389-0926-4 (alk. paper) 1. Digital libraries—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Kresh, Diane. II. Council on Library and Information Resources. ZA4080.W48 2007 025.00285—dc22 2006027498 Copyright © 2007 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved except those which may be granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify the Wikipedia articles excerpted on pages 2–3 and 241 under the terms of the GNU Free Documenta- tion License, Version 1.2, or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation (see www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html). Illustrations from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division and American Memory Project are reprinted with permission; they are identified in the text by their LC catalog number. ISBN-10: 0-8389-0926-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0926-3 Printed in the United States of America. 1110090807 54321 CONTENTS PPPrefacerefacereface ..................................................................................... ix 111 DEFINITIONS A Digital Library Is . ....................................................................... 2 The Invisible Library Christine Borgman ..................................................................................... 4 What Are Digital Libraries? Donald J. Waters ........................................................................................ 5 What Is Digital Information? Abby Smith ................................................................................................. 8 Back to the Future Richard De Gennaro .................................................................................. 9 The New Cybrarians Joseph Janes ............................................................................................. 15 Libraries as Places to Linger and Mingle Alex Wright............................................................................................... 17 Research Libraries Ponder: What’s Next? Deanna B. Marcum .................................................................................. 18 The Digital Library Federation: Membership Has Its Privileges ................................................................................. 24 What Becomes a Leader Most? Karin Wittenborg ..................................................................................... 27 Which Came First? Lorrie Lejeune .......................................................................................... 33 Reference in the Digital Age Anne G. Lipow ......................................................................................... 38 Primary Resources at Your Fingertips Roy Rosenzweig ........................................................................................ 43 Shelve under E Scott Carlson ............................................................................................ 48 Value Propositions Chris D. Ferguson and Charles A. Bunge ................................................ 51 Glossary of Terms California Digital Library ...................................................................... 56 222 USERSUSERSUSERS Growing Up Digital John Seely Brown ..................................................................................... 68 Nothing but Net Diana Oblinger and James Oblinger ........................................................ 71 Chips and Dips: Educating and Serving the Net Generation Stephen Abram and Judy Luther............................................................. 76 Net Gains Steve Jones................................................................................................ 83 Emerging Roles Gary Marchionini and Hermann Maurer ............................................... 86 iv THE WHOLE DIGITAL LIBRARY HANDBOOK Origin of the Species Daniel Greenstein and Suzanne Thorin ................................................... 90 Diffuse Libraries Wendy Pradt Lougee ................................................................................ 92 Digital Collections, Digital Libraries, and the Digitization of Cultural Heritage Information Clifford Lynch .......................................................................................... 96 Intermediate Consumers Lorcan Dempsey ....................................................................................... 98 Advanced Photo Shop Scott Carlson .......................................................................................... 100 Cautionary Tales: Part One Paul B. Gandel ....................................................................................... 103 Cautionary Tales: Part Two Geoffrey Nunberg ................................................................................... 106 Strength in Numbers William Y. Arms ..................................................................................... 108 Who Uses What? Amy Friedlander .................................................................................... 111 Turn On before Using Scott Carlson .......................................................................................... 113 The Tipping Point Jerry D. Campbell.................................................................................. 114 The Case against Information Literacy Stanley Wilder ........................................................................................ 117 How They View Us: Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources............................................................... 120 333 THE LANDSCAPE The Public Trust Robert Putnam ....................................................................................... 124 Wagging the Tail Chris Anderson ....................................................................................... 128 Libraries by the Tail Tom Storey ............................................................................................. 139 Phoning Home Alone Christine Rosen....................................................................................... 142 Keystone Cops Bonnie Nardi .......................................................................................... 145 Our Computers, Ourselves Sherry Turkle ......................................................................................... 150 Managing the Internet Marylaine Block ..................................................................................... 155 Growing Pains Sharon Gray Weiner .............................................................................. 161 Net Generation Students and Libraries Joan K. Lippincott ................................................................................. 166 Viewing Patterns Online Computer Library Center .......................................................... 171 “Is What’s Past, Prologue?” Donald Hawkins .................................................................................... 176 CONTENTS v Net Effects Greg Notess ............................................................................................. 178 Famine or Feast? Paul B. Gandel and Richard N. Katz ................................................... 182 From a Distance Ron Chepesiuk ........................................................................................ 187 Law Review Jennifer Burek Pierce ............................................................................. 191 444 THE MARKET What We Know Will Hurt Us Joseph Janes ........................................................................................... 198 Internet Searching Gets Thumbs Up Deborah Fallows..................................................................................... 199 Et Tu, Yahoo!? George Plosker ........................................................................................ 201 Fear No Evil Gary Price .............................................................................................. 206 Scanning the Horizon Gordon Flagg ......................................................................................... 206 As Google Goes . Gordon Flagg ......................................................................................... 208 Google, the Khmer Rouge, and the Public Good Mary Sue Coleman................................................................................. 209 Scribes of the Digital Era Jeffrey R. Young ....................................................................................
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