The multimedia Library


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The multimedia Library




The Multimedia Library


Book Description

This book is a basic introduction to the characteristics, selection, and utilization of library information media (excluding traditional print media). The emphasis is on information media requiring an electronic interface (hardware) for access. This book provides a detailed perspective for considering a systems approach, the necessity of being knowledgeable about copyrights and the importance of having a position on intellectual freedom. As such, the book will be useful to the professional librarian or student having limited experience with the multimedia formats that are being increasingly acquired by all types of libraries.




The Multimedia Handbook


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The Multimedia Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the wide range of uses of multimedia. The first part of the book introduces the technology for the non-specialist. Part Two covers multimedia applications and markets. Tony Cawkell details the huge array of authoring software which is now available, as well as the distribution of multimedia data by telephone, cable, satellite or radio communications. There is an extensive bibliography, a glossary of technical terms and acronyms and a full index.




Managing Multimedia Libraries


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Philisophy and goals; Multimedia library organization; Multimedia library management; The personnel management plan; Budget management; Managing multimedia resources: selection; Managing multimedia resources: acquisitions, cataloging, and physical processing; Managing public services: circulation and reference; Overview and discussion of some future: concerns.




Digital Libraries and Multimedia


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Digital Libraries and Multimedia brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area. Digital Libraries and Multimedia serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.







Multimedia Information Resources


Book Description

Libraries have incorporated multimedia resources into their collections and make them accessible to users. This book provides practical guidelines for librarians and educators for developing, organising and managing a multimedia collection. Chapters cover collection development, bibliographic organisation, storage, user access, hardware and copyright. The book also examines specific media, including new technologies of the past decade. Practical advice is given on selecting and organising multimedia collections.




Multimedia and Groupware for Editing


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Multimedia techniques enable the production of non-traditional documents containing enourmous amounts of information. The production of such documents by a group, as opposed to an individual, is the main subject of this book. A group needs to communicate, and multimedia technology can be used to enhance group communication. How multimedia documentation and communication and groups of authors fit together are the main questions tackled. The book describes the construction of a conceptual framework and the prototype system, CoMEdiA, as well as how the system was used to conduct a group effectiveness study involving two applications: cooperative software engineering and data production. Thus the work relates to multimedia communication, cooperative editing, and group support and effectiveness.




Encyclopedia of Multimedia


Book Description

This second edition provides easy access to important concepts, issues and technology trends in the field of multimedia technologies, systems, techniques, and applications. Over 1,100 heavily-illustrated pages — including 80 new entries — present concise overviews of all aspects of software, systems, web tools and hardware that enable video, audio and developing media to be shared and delivered electronically.