An integrated framework for discovering digital library collections
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An integrated framework for discovering digital library collections
Information seekers are generally on their own to discover and use a research library’s growing array of digital collections, and coordination of these collections’ development and maintenance is often not optimal. The frequent lack of a conscious design for how collections fit together is of equal concern because it means that research libraries are not making the most of the substantial inves...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1673-565X,1862-1775
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.a1318