TY - BOOK ID - 14302090 TI - Digitisation perspectives PY - 2011 SN - 9460912990 9460912982 PB - Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Digital libraries. KW - Digital preservation. KW - Education KW - Social Sciences KW - Education, Special Topics KW - Digital curation KW - Digital media collections KW - Digital media libraries KW - Digital repositories KW - Electronic libraries KW - Electronic publication collections KW - Electronic publication libraries KW - Electronic text collections KW - Repositories, Digital KW - Virtual libraries KW - Computer files KW - Digital media KW - Electronic preservation KW - Preservation of digital information KW - Conservation and restoration KW - Preservation KW - Education. KW - Educational Philosophy. KW - Philosophy. KW - Libraries KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Web archives KW - Preservation of materials KW - Digital media. KW - Electronic publications. KW - Online publications KW - Publications KW - Children KW - Education, Primitive KW - Education of children KW - Human resource development KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - Schooling KW - Students KW - Youth KW - Civilization KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Mental discipline KW - Schools KW - Teaching KW - Training KW - Electronic media KW - New media (Digital media) KW - Mass media KW - Digital communications KW - Online journalism KW - Education—Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14302090 AB - This book examines various views and perspectives on digitisation. Topics covered include electronic theses, search engine technology, digitisation in Africa, citation indexing, reference services, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, new media and scholarly publishing. The final chapter explores virtual libraries, and poses some interesting questions for possible futures. The book will be of particular interest to information professionals, educators, librarians, academics and I.T. and knowledge experts. ER -