The Galician virtual library

Browsing the Virtual Library

8 This article is very much a manifesto for a new type 9 of on-line public access catalog (OPAC). On-line public 10 access catalogs have been around for many years and 11 have served libraries well; however, this article argues 12 that with the arrival of the ‘‘virtual library’’—remote, 13 dispersed information resources accessible primarily via 14 some form of telecommunications network—existi...

The Virtual Library

The key ideas embodied in the notion of the Virtual Library are that: the library contains many types of information in different forms, and particularly in forms other than paper; all this information must be accessible to users located not at the physical library but in their homes, schools, hospitals or clinics; this information travel quickly to the users who need it; and one must be able t...

Virtual Digital Library

DIGMAP is a digital library specialized in searching and browsing services for old maps and related resources. The service reuses metadata from national libraries and other relevant third party metadata sources, providing added value services by aggregating all the data in comprehensive collections, browsing indexes and search functions. The services are based in a set of specialized tools, com...

Library within Cyberspace Paradigm: the Integrated Virtual Library Concept

The Human Element in the Virtual Library

THISARTICLE INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT of the virtual library and also explores how the increasing reliance on computers and digital information has affected library users and staff. In particular, technology has created an expectation for full-text information delivered to the desktop at the user’s convenience. As the technologies used by libraries have evolved, library jobs, organizational struct...