The premise and the promise of a global information infrastructure -- Is it digital or is it a library? : digital libraries and information infrastructure -- Access to information -- Books, bytes, and behavior -- Why are digital libraries hard to use? -- Making digital libraries easier to use -- Whither, or wither, libraries? -- Acting locally, thinking globally -- Toward a global digital library : progress and prospects
Summary
This work looks at questions of technology, behaviour and policy surrounding the global information infrastructure. It includes the design and use of digital libraries; institutional aspects of electronic publishing; and the evolving role of libraries
Notes
Originally published: 2000
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-310) and index
