Digital Information Management

A landmark edited collection bringing together global experts on the impact of new technology on information services including John Unsworth, Ross Harvey, Gavan McCarthy, James Currall, Norman Gray and Andrea Johnson. Table of contents 1 What is the same and what is different. 2. The web and finding information - search engines. 3. The semantic web and 2.0. 4. RDF and the Cloud. 5. Crowd sourcing. 6. Why digitize information? 7. Managing digital assets. 8. Archiving digitized originals and websites. 9. Security - managing the risk. 10. The user perspective - how research is being transformed. This is an essential textbook for all LIS students, academics and researchers globally.