Publishers and Digital Libraries

Author: Primary Research Group

Source: Creating the Digital Library, 2000 , pp. 64-77(14)

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Abstract:

Creating the Digital Library "Creating the Digital Library" profiles the digital library creation efforts of the libraries/information centers of the following organizations: Yale, Cornell, Columbia University, the University of California, the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, The University of Toronto Health Network, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Houston Library of Medicine, and many others.

Chapter focuses on Publisher and Digital Libraries including CD-ROM: major commercial online database vendors on the web, the copyright regime's impact on the supply of digital information, journal publishing as a bellwether industry, developments in the book market, NETlibrary, Books24x7.com, and the Digital Object Identifier standard.

Keywords: CD-ROM databases; Commercial online database vendors; Dialog; Lexis-Nexis; Reuters; Bloomberg; West Publishing; Copyright Clearance Center

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Primary Research Group, Inc.

Publication date: 2000-01-01