Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240).
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""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Digital Revolution, Library Evolution""; ""2 The Library of Congress: From Jefferson to the Twenty-First Century""; ""3 Building Digital Collections""; ""4 Preserving a Digital Heritage""; ""5 Organizing Intellectual Access to Digital Information: From Cataloging to Metadata""; ""6 The Library of Congress and the World Beyond Its Walls""; ""7 Management Issues""; ""8 Information Technology Infrastructure""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""A Biographies of Committee Members""
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""B Briefers at Plenary Meetings and Site Visits""""C List of Letters Received""; ""D Acronyms""
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This report provides strategic advice on the information technology path that the Library of Congress should traverse in the coming decade. It covers how information technology could affect LC's mission and core processes including the acquisition, collection, preservation, and accessibility of digital materials, and the information technology infrastructure.
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LC21.
International Standard Book Number
0309071445
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
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Library of Congress 21
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Library of Congress-- Automation-- Planning.
Library of Congress-- Automatisation-- Planification.
Library of Congress.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Digital libraries-- United States-- Planning.
Integrated library systems (Computer systems)-- United States-- Planning.
Libraries-- United States-- Special collections-- Electronic information resources-- Planning.
National libraries-- United States-- Automation-- Planning.
Bibliothèques-- États-Unis-- Fonds spéciaux-- Information électronique-- Planification.