DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES: COLLABORATING WITH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

摘要

Digital technology has completely changed the way we communicate with the world. However, faculty members, research scholars and professionals have taken digital technology one step further. Many are using the Web along with video, photographs, images and text to not only communicate but collaborate new ideas, new projects and recent discoveries to their students, associates and colleagues. Academic libraries have responded to this new trend by creating digital library centers to support faculty members, departments and research scholars. The University of Arizona has created a separate team called the Digital Libraries Initiatives Group (DLIG), whose main objectives are to identify and explore knowledge bases existing or being created at the University of Arizona and to design, develop and implement electronic publication of knowledge products.