Day 4 Section 2

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Day 4 - Section 2
Presenter Lan Anh Tran
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Agenda

• Collection issues in the digital environment
• Integrating electronic resources with library
  collections
• The importance of virtual libraries
• Building a virtual library
• Collections of virtual libraries
• Types of multimedia collections
• Basic steps in developing multimedia collections
• Management issues and alternatives
• Future directions

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Collection Issues in the Digital Environment

• Access
• The user
• The information tragedy
• To survive
• New challenges to both librarians and users
• Training needs
• Funding

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Why Should We Build Virtual Libraries?

• Expanding your services - approximately 50
  million people worldwide have access to the
  Internet.
• 24/7 service
• Better use of your library collections
• Increase productivity of library and information
  services
• Increase number of users
• Serve your community

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We Want to Have Our Library on the Web!

• If so, what should we do?
• Who does the design?
• How does our library look?
• How can we organise our collections online?
• How does the user access our collections via the
  network?
• What contents should we make available?
• And so on

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A Web Design House for You?
PAGES R US
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Building Our House on the Internet

• Great for our library
• Professional quality pages and graphics
• Offer electronic library solutions
• May command high fees

PAGES -R -US
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Library Web Sites An Example
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Content

• Most pages or sites include
• Your message
• Contact information
• Table of contents
• FAQs (Frequently Ask Questions)
• Biographies

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Content Considerations

• Know your users requirements
• Put important information up front
• Proofread all of your text
• Build electronic and multimedia collections
• Update often

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Collections of Virtual Libraries

• Electronic resources
• Multimedia resources
• The layers of IT

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Integrating Electronic Resources into Library
Collections 10 Criteria

• Consistency
• Relevance
• Accessibility
• Readability
• Downloadability
• Currency
• Accuracy
• Integrity
• Productivity
• Reliability

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Types of Multimedia Collections

• Collections of the following resources
• Pictures
• Computer images/graphics
• Videos
• Audios
• CDROMs
• Electronic databases
• Electronic catalogues
• Electronic publications (text, articles, books,
  journals, etc.)
• Other Internet resources (hypertext links, email
  addresses, URLs, etc.)

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Picture Collections

• Include thousands of images from magazines,
  newspapers, books, and photographs for
  representing the physical sciences worldwide
  culture, historical events, etc. This collection
  is now called as the Visual Resources Library in
  some literature.

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CD-ROM Collections

• Includes databases, images, pictures, text, or
  multimedia resources available in CD-ROMs. CD-ROM
  materials are catalogued by library staff.

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Audiobooks

• http//www.bookzone.com/bookzone/sc-categories.htm
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• Audio FictionAudio Non-fictionSelf-Help
  AudioHow-To AudioBusiness AudioNew Age
  AudioInspirational Audio Young Listeners

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Movie Clips on the Internet

• Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) the
  standard compression format for video
• Movie Trailers
• www.apple.com/trailers
• www.movie-list.com
• News Clips
• www.bbc.co.uk
• For More Search Google or DMOZ
• www.google.com
• www.dmoz.org

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Building Multimedia Collections Important Tips

• Explore multimedia resources on the Internet
• Acquire skills in using multimedia technologies
• Try various search engines
• Download and browse streaming media
• Understand hardware and software requirements
• Locate resources if needed
• Or contact suppliers in order to purchase for the
  resources
• Manage multimedia resources and serve your user

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What Will We Find on the Internet?

• Music files
• Radio stations
• Audio interviews
• Archived programming
• Sounds for fun
• Chat rooms

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Common Players

• RealPlayer www.real.com
• QuickTime www.quicktime.com
• Liquid Player www.liquidplayer.com
• Windows Media Player

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Management Issues and Alternatives

• Budgeting
• Selection and evaluation criteria and
  responsibilities
• Policies
• Cooperative acquisitions
• Networking and licensing
• Impact on library and information services
• Other considerations, such as advanced IT, human
  effects, languages, and political issues, etc.

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Emerging Technologies

• DVD recorders
• Faster and better video transfers
• Movies on demand?

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Future Directions

• It is difficult to predict what the future
  holds for libraries with rapidly changing
  technologies and the financiall crisis today.
  Some questions to discuss include
• How can we best specify and improve local access
  to relevant electronic resources?
• How can we best sustain access and provide
  navigation tools in the rapidly developing
  electronic environment?
• How will collections be accessed and used in the
  future decades?

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References

• http//www.pdimages.com/links.htm
• Clayton, P.R., and Gorman, G.E. (2001) Managing
  Information Resources in Libraries Collection
  Management in Theory and Practice (London
  Library Association Publishing)