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"The emergence of the Internet and the wide availability of affordable computing equipment have created tremendous interest in digital libraries and electronic publishing. This book is the first to provide an integrated overview of the field, including a historical perspective, a survey of the state of the art, and an examination of current research. The term ""digital libraries"" covers the creation and the distribution over networks of all types of information, ranging from converted historical materials to kinds of information that have no analogues in the physical world. In some ways digital libraries and traditional libraries are very different, yet in other ways they are remarkably similar. People still create information that has to be organized, stored, and distributed, and they still need to find and use information that others have created. An underlying theme of this book is that no aspect of digital libraries can be understood in isolation or without attention to the needs of the people who create and use information. Although the book covers a wide range of technical, economic, social, and organizational topics, its focus is on the actual working components of a digital library."

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William Arms... has written an informative and thoughtful overview of the digital library world. The book lends some organization and context to a field that is, to many, bewilderingly complex and multilayered. - David Flaxbart, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

"""William Arms... has written an informative and thoughtful overview of the digital library world. The book lends some organization and context to a field that is, to many, bewilderingly complex and multilayered."" - David Flaxbart, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship"

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William Y. Arms is Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.

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