"This book presents critical research on the digitization of data and how this shift has impacted knowledge discovery, storage, and retrieval"--
International contributors in library science, information science, education, and digital learning offer perspectives from developing countries, including those in Southern Asia and Africa. There is special emphasis on the adoption of federated search tools for library services in developing countries, with cases from Zimbabwe, India, and Ethiopia. Some specific subjects are discovery services for libraries, responsive library web site design, tools for measuring the usage of electronic resources, trends and issues in digital libraries, and management of institutional repositories in developing countries. The book contains b&w screen shots, diagrams, and charts. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
