Going Digital: Strategies for Access, Preservation, and Conversion of Collections to a Digital Forma

Going Digital: Strategies for Access, Preservation, and Conversion of Collections to a Digital Format is a collection of articles orginally presented at a series of five symposiums sponsored by the Research Libraries Group. It offers you succinct and analytic views of the problems and benefits of digital resources in the traditional academic library. Library administrators, collection managers, and librarians will learn the advantages and disadvantages of traditional and digital collections and the costs of providing local access or implementing remote access to digital collections. Originally presented at a series of five symposiums sponsored by the Research Libraries Group, the articles inGoing Digital will help you decide upon a cost-effective collection method that will meet the needs of your library, your patrons, and your budget.