[Irtalk] Is Digital Different?: How Information Creation, Capture, Preservation and Discovery are Being Transformed - Books / Professional Development - Books for Academic Librarians - New Products - ALA Store

[Hilton Gibson]

*This edited collection brings together global experts to explore the role
of information professionals in the transition from an analogue to a
digital environmen*t.

The contributors, including David Nicholas, Valerie Johnson, Tim Gollins
and Scott David, focus on the opportunities and challenges afforded by this
new environment that is transforming the information landscape in ways that
were scarcely imaginable a decade ago and is challenging the very existence
of the traditional library and archive as more and more resources become
available on line and as computers and supporting networks become more and
more powerful.

By drawing on examples of the impact of other new and emerging technologies
on the information sciences in the past, the book emphasizes that
information systems have always been shaped by available technologies that
have transformed the creation, capture, preservation and discovery of
content.

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