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Abstract
This report is a short inventory of resources, produced since 1992, about the concept and reality of virtual libraries. The focus is on three main aspects: the documentation tools concerning virtual libraries, the projects of virtual library and the actual units that envisage and compose a potential virtual library.

 
Keywords - Parole Chiave - Descripteurs  
• Virtual Library - Biblioteca Virtuale - Bibliothèque Virtuelle
• Electronic Library - Biblioteca Elettronica - Bibliothèque Électronique
• Digital Library - Biblioteca Digitale - Bibliothèque Numérique
   

   
   

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Objectives of the research

Starting points

Reference points

Objectives of the research (^)
 
 
 

• Localization : identification of documentary resources
• Selection : collection and evaluation of documentary resources
• Presentation : organization and introduction to documentary resources

 
 
• Persons : clarification of the information needed by the people
• Questions : analysis of the information requirements concerning the problem
• Resources : review of the sources of information
   

 
 
• Accesses : the places (where to get the information)
• Experts : the people (whom to ask for information)
• Tools : the objects (which instruments to use to get the information)
   

  
   
     

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Accesses  (^)

• Library of the Enssib (École nationale des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques) - Lyon (France)
  This is a specialized centre on librarianship, documentary research and history of the book
   
• Library of Brookes University - Oxford (England)
  This is a well furnished library that has been utilized in the early phase of the research and at a later stage.
   
• City and University Library - Bern (Switzerland)
  Located in the centre of Bern, this library holds a remarkable collection of selected magazines. It has been used for some updating of the report.

• Internet
  The Net is now the indispensable support for any research, a mine of information that expands continuously. The web sites listed in this report represent only a small selection of those who deal with the subject of virtual libraries.

Experts (^)

• Monsieur Salah Dalhoumi (human resources, Enssib)

• Madame Françoise Lerouge (librarianship, Enssib)

• Madame Élisabeth Noël (documentary research, Enssib)

• Madame Danielle Roger (information and documentation engineering, Enssib)

• Monsieur Jean-Michel Salaün (marketing and economy of information, Enssib)

Tools (^)

The tools of documentary research are here divided in two categories:
 

Meta-data: directories and gateways listing information about virtual libraries (information about the information)

Data: direct information about virtual libraries.

For a review of meta-data and data go to : Tools.
 
 

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