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Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians

Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians

Adetola Kehinde
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522530930|ISBN10: 1522530932|EISBN13: 9781522530947
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch006
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Kehinde, Adetola. "Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians." Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries, edited by Adeyinka Tella and Tom Kwanya, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 98-119. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch006

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Kehinde, A. (2018). Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians. In A. Tella & T. Kwanya (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries (pp. 98-119). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch006

Chicago

Kehinde, Adetola. "Digital Libraries and the Role of Digital Librarians." In Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries, edited by Adeyinka Tella and Tom Kwanya, 98-119. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter presents a holistic view of digital libraries and the role of digital librarians. Technological changes and the use of electronic storage and retrieval information systems have changed the way students and researchers are able to access, retrieve and use information. Key topics presented in the chapter include the concept of digitization, reasons for digitization, definitions of digital library, features of digital library, characteristics of digital libraries, advantages and disadvantages of digital library, collection development and content creation, digital librarianship, role of librarians in digital libraries, issues of concern to digital librarians, process of digitization of library resources, digital library components, and digital rights management.

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