Why should the library engage in text and image creation projects for the World Wide Web?
There are a number of reasons that I can think of. In the first place, the digitisation of library collections make valuable materials more widely accessible than their printed equivalents. Second, rare and vulnerable materials can be rested from general access, consulted only as required by specialists while general access is granted to the electronic edition. Third, digitisation of library materials enhances the use that people may make of them. That is, attention can be given to building in to the electronic editions, a certain level of functionality. This is a very large issue as we come to grapple with the new information technology and consider how to make best use of this new medium. Issues here concern how the researcher may like to use the material and they include the design and creation of the search interface, hypertextuality, multimedia applications and so forth. Finally, an important reason for libraries to engage in these projects is that in doing so they learn more abou
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