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Journals Books Grey Literature (Notes, Reports, Theses) Conferences FAQ (frequently asked questions) Discussions lists and libraries bulletin boards Research Centres International Organizations Wiki
Data Bases (^)Lisa (Library and Information Sciences Abstracts)
Keywords : virtual library, virtual library concept, virtual library visions and realities
references found : 145 (years 1992 - 1997)
Pascal (from L'INIST : Institut National de l'Information Scientifique et Technique)
Keywords : bibliothèque virtuelle, virtual library
references found : 148 (years 1994 - 1997)
Note : The interrogations of these two data bases has not produced the exhaustive results that were hoped for, considering that some articles that have come out to be very interesting were not found through this search. Moreover, some Web sites offer now bibliographic lists that are extensive and up to date.
Review of indexes (Revue des sommaires) (^)The Review of Indexes is available for reference at the Enssib Library (sector : References). It presents the indexes of more than 130 reviews.
Note : a good starting point in order to identify the periodicals to focus on and the issues where to find the most relevant materials.
Abstracts (^)Information Science Abstracts
Keywords : virtual libraries; electronic libraries
Current Research in Library & Information ScienceKeywords : electronic library concept; virtual library concept
Note: For this research the abstracts have represented an additional tool for verifying the location of some important documents.
Bibliographic lists (^)Bailey, C. W., Jr. : Scholarly electronic publishing bibliography
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html
especially
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/lbdiglib.htm
Christian, Elaine J. and Marylin Hastings, "The Virtual Library : a Selective Bibliography for Exploration", North Carolina Libraries, vol. 52, n° 3/4, fall-winter 1994, pp.117-121
Slisnet (Schools of Library and Information Science Network)
http://slisnet.enssib.fr/bibelec/bibliog.html
Internet : thematic repertoires (^)Yahoo : Reference
Libraries : http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/
Digital Libraries : http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/Digital_Libraries/
DMOZ (Open Directory Project) : Digital Library Development
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Digital_Library_Development/
Internet : search engines (^)
Google : http://www.google.com
Clusty : http://clusty.com/
MetaCrawler : http://www.metacrawler.com/
KartOO : http://www.kartoo.com/
Keywords : virtual libraries; digital libraries; electronic libraries, bibliothèques virtuelles, bibliothèques digitales, bibliothèques électroniques, biblioteche virtuali, biblioteche digitali, biblioteche elettroniche.
Internet : gateways (^)Biblio On Line: Les Bibliothèques Virtuelles
Gateway towards projects of virtual libraries
http://www.biblionline.com/Html/MondBib/SiteWebBib/Sw_bib_virt.htmBibliothèques Virtuelles
List of selected websites
http://pages.infinit.net/cltr/bibliothequesvirtuelles_generalistes.htmlBibliothèques Virtuelles
Resources in French
http://www.fse.ulaval.ca/fac/href/data/bibl.htmlElectronic Libraries Programme
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/projects/
Note : Projects and websites on electronic libraries
Enssib (Ecole nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques)
http://www.enssib.fr/
Note : An important website for exploring the French-speaking world experiences
Guida alle biblioteche virtuali (Guide to virtual libraries)
Links to Italian and International virtual libraries
http://web.tiscali.it/ingcelsi/guideweb/biblioweb.htm
Ifla (International Federation of Libraries Association)
Ifla Digital Libraries Resources : http://www.ifla.org/II/index.htm
Ifla National Libraries List : http://www.ifla.org/VI/2/p2/natlibs.htm
Note : The Ifla website represents a necessary passage for all research on virtual libraries. The wealth of information and links towards other websites is impressive.
Otto Harrassowitz
http://www.harrassowitz.de/top_resources/ejresguide.html
Note : A selective guide about resources on electronic journals (no longer updated).
University of Bologna : Department of Ancient History
Biblioteche Elettroniche (Electronic Libraries)
http://www.rassegna.unibo.it/bibliot.html
Note : An interesting review of experiences on the subject
University of California at Berkeley
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/
Note : A collection of electronic resources. Worth a visit.
Journals (^)
Bibliothèque virtuelle des périodiques (Virtual Library of periodicals)
A project of information about virtual journals using the Dewey classification
http://www.biblio.ntic.org/bouquinage.php?ct=1ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires Français)
http://www.abf.asso.fr/Archimag
http://www.archimag.com/Ariadne
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/BBF (Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France)
http://bbf.enssib.fr/College & Research Libraries
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/collegeresearch.htmD-Lib Magazine
http://www.dlib.org/Documentation et Bibliothèques
http://www.asted.org/Publications/db/Communication of the ACM
http://acm.org/cacm/Computers in Libraries
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/International Journal on Digital Libraries
http://www.dljournal.org/Liber (European Research Libraries Cooperation)
http://www2.kb.dk/liber/liberq/Libres (Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal)
http://libres.curtin.edu.au/Libri
http://www.librijournal.org/Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
http://www.asis.org/Publications/JASIS/tocs.htmlJournal of Library Administration
http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J111Library High-Tech
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/lht/lht.jspManaging Information
http://www.managinginformation.com/Online & CDRom Review
http://bubl.ac.uk/archive/journals/oacdromr/Reference Services Review
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/240Solaris
http://biblio-fr.info.unicaen.fr/bnum/jelec/Solaris/Special Libraries
http://www.sla.org/content/shop/speclibs.cfmThe Electronic Library
www.emeraldinsight.com/0264-0473.htm
Books (^)
Enssib Library (Lyon)
Keyword : bibliothèque virtuelle
http://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque/
Saunders, Laverna M. editor "The Evolving Virtual Library: visions and case studies", Information Today Inc., 1996
The book contains the interventions at the eight conference on libraries held at Washington D.C. in 1993. In the introduction, the Virtual Library is taken as a metaphor for "the networked library, consisting of both local and remote resources, in print, electronic and multimedia formats." In other words, "the network is the library".
Dempsey, Lorcan et alii "Networking and the Future of Libraries", Library Association Publishing, London 1995
The book presents the acts of the conference held at the University of Bath (England) in April 1995. The participants have sketched the experiences and future trends in many countries (England, Holland, Norway, Singapore, Australia). The article by Julie S. Sabaratnam on the finalities underpinning the Singaporean project is of particular interest.
Ensor, Pat ed. "The Cybrarian’s Manual", American Library Association, Chicago and London, 1997
This is a selection of interventions and reference to electronic documentary resources produced by the ALA (American Library Association) and focusing on the library of future and on the future role of the librarians. The essay by Barbara Best-Nichols "Technologies Change Organizational and Occupational Structures, Librarian, Cybrarian, or?" about the new librarians is worth reading.
Bookshop "Amazon" (Internet)
Keyword : virtual library
http://www.amazon.com/
Selective list :
Sloan, Bernard ed. Managing the Virtual Library: Issues and Case Studies ", Meckler Publishing Corporation, 1993
Kuhlthau, Carol Collier (editor) et alii "The Virtual School Library: Gateway to the Information Superhighway", Libraries Unlimited, 1996
Plastine, Maureen ed. "Collection Development: Access in the Virtual Library", Haworth Press, 1997
Laguardia, Cheryl "Recreating the Academic Library: Breaking Virtual Ground", Neal Schuman Publisher, 1998
Librairie "Alapage" (France)
Keyword : Bibliothèques numériques
http://www.alapage.fr/
Jean-Claude Le Moal, "Bibliothèques numeriques", ADBS, Cours Inria, 9-13 octobre 2000
Alain Jacquesson, "Bibliothèques et documents numériques. Concepts, composantes, techniques et enjeu", Editions du cercle de la librairie, 1999
Gerard Dupoirier, "Les bibliothèques numériques", Hermes, 1999
Internet Bookshop Italia
Keyword : Biblioteca Digitale
http://www.internetbookshop.it/
O. Foglieni, a cura, "Bibliotecario nel 2000. Come cambia la professione nell'era digitale", Editrice Bibliografica, 1999
Alberto Salarelli e Anna Maria Tammaro "La biblioteca digitale", Editrice Bibliografica, 2000
Grey Literature (Notes, Reports, Theses) (^)
Le Crosnier, Hervé "Les bibliothèques numériques" (Report, October 1997)
Oppenheim, Charles "Virtual Reality - a general overview" (Online Information 1993 - Proceedings, December 1993, London, England)
Dechatelets, Gilles et Dufour, Christine "Etude de faisabilité pour la mise en place d’une bibliothèque virtuelle en sciences de l’information dans le cadre du projet Slisnet" (février 1997)
http://slisnet.enssib.fr/bibelec/index.htmlLointier, Cécile "Les bibliothèques électroniques", Enssib, 1996 (Note de Synthèse DESS)
Note : Bibliographic Report centred on the definitions of electronic, digital and virtual library and on the projects under way (1995) in the United States and Europe (France, United Kingdom, Germany).Marie-Hélène Balland et autres "Les Bibliothèques Virtuelles" (Synthèse bibliographique - Insa- Lyon, 1999)
A research on the technical aspects of a virtual library (general structuring, digitalization of documents, etc.).
http://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque/documents/travaux/bibvirt/rapp3.html
Biblioteche virtuali
Annotated Italian guide.
http://guide.supereva.com/biblioteche/biblioteche_online/The Digital Library Toolkit
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/whitepapers/digitaltoolkit.html
Conferences (^)
First ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries 1996
http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL96/
International Symposium on Digital Libraries (Tsukuba/Ibaraki, Japan, March 2-5, 2004)
http://www.kc.tsukuba.ac.jp/dlkc/e-proceedings/e-proceedings.html
International Conference on Digital Libraries, 2006 (New Delhi, 5-8 December 2006)
http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/
Note : For a more exhaustive and up to date list go to the IFLA Web site at
http://www.ifla.org/II/diglib.htm#conferences
FAQ(frequently asked questions) (^)Note about FAQ : The Faq (frequently asked questions) are, sometimes, very useful and interesting tools for obtaining a synthetic view about a topic and some specific definitions related to a theme.
British Library FAQ (Digital Library Programme)
"What is the digital library? The Digital Library is the widely accepted term for the use of digital technologies to acquire, store, preserve and provide access to information and material originally published in digital form or digitised from existing print, audio-visual and other forms. The aim is to improve, for all the Library’s users, access to collections maintained by the British Library. The Digital Library will involve a number of partner organisations who will contribute expertise and resources to the Project."
Discussion lists and libraries bulletin boards (^)
List : Diglib
For joining the list send a message "Subscribe Dig-Lib name of the person" to
LISTSERV@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
List : Diglibns
LISTSERV@SUNSITE.BERKELEY.EDU
Bulletin : Bubl (Bulletin Board for Libraries)
http://www.bubl.ac.uk/
List compiled by librarians of selected web sites.http://www.bubl.ac.uk/journals/
Electronic journals on libraries and librarianship.
Research Centres (^)
Center for the Study of Digital Libraries (Texas, USA)
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/
Digital Libraries Initiative
A centre for storing information on repositories of documents on virtual libraries
http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu/national.htmDigital Library Research (International)
Ready Reference : http://www.dlib.org/reference.html
Research : http://www.dlib.org/projects.html#centers
Research Libraries Group (USA)
http://www.rlg.org/
International organizations (^)UNESCO (United Nation Education Science Culture Organisation)
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/index.shtmlList of texts (research, report, conference acts, etc.) produced by the Unesco on the information society and the virtual library.
Keywords: Information society; virtual libraries.
UE (Union Européenne)
http://europa.eu.int/Note : List of documents and initiatives on virtual libraries.
Keyword: Digital Libraries.
Delos: Network of excellence on Digital Libraries
http://www.delos.info/
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
http://www.oclc.org/
Connecting the world's libraries
Wiki (^)Digital Library (English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_libraryBibliothèque numérique (French)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliothèque_numériquesee also Bibliopedia: site collaboratif pour les bibliothécaires, documentalistes et archivistes francophones
http://biblio.wikia.com/wiki/AccueilBiblioteca Digitale (Italian)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_digitale
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