Development of digital libraries : an American perspective / edited by Deanna B. Marcum ; foreword by Kakugyo S. Chiku.

Papers presented from 1994 to 1998 at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) International Roundtable on Library and Information Science.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Kakugyo S. Chiku -- I. Perspectives on the Library in the Twenty-First Century. 1. Scholarship, Information, and Libraries in the Electronic Age / Stanley Chodorow. 2. The Impact of Information Technologies on the Role of Research Libraries in Teaching and Learning in the United States / Elaine Sloan. 3. The Life of the Mind in a World Transformed by Networks and Digital Libraries / Paul Evan Peters. 4. What's Happening to the Book? / Richard A. Lanham. 5. The Impact of Digital Technology on Libraries: A Chaotic Revolution / Jerry D. Campbell. 6. The Future Value of Digital Information and Digital Libraries / Michael Lesk -- II. Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Library. 7. The Library as Provider of Digital Resources for Teaching and Scholarship / Ann J. Wolpert. 8. Can We Afford Digital Information? Libraries? An Early Assessment of Economic Prospects for Digital Publications / Ann B. Okerson.

9. Intellectual Property Policy for an Information Society / Peter Lyman. 10. The Uses of Digital Libraries: Some Technological, Political, and Economic Considerations / Donald J. Waters. 11. Digital Preservation: An Update / Deanna B. Marcum. 12. The Impact of Digital Libraries on Library Staffing and Education / Rachael K. Anderson. 13. Government Records in a Digital World / Peter B. Hirtle. 14. A View on the Ecology of Information / Brian L. Hawkins -- III. The Digital Library in the Service of Research and Education: Some Experiences. 15. The Library of Congress's National Digital Library: Reaching Out to Schools and Libraries through the Internet / Laura Campbell. 16. Toward Libraries' Digital Future: The Canadian Digital Library Experience / Leigh Swain and Susan Haigh. 17. The Future of Libraries and Library Schools / Daniel E. Atkins.

18. Redefining the University through Educational and Information Technologies: North Carolina State University, Its Libraries, and Distance Education / Susan K. Nutter. 19. Re-engineering the Undergraduate Curriculum / Jack M. Wilson. 20. The Internet Public Library: Development and Future / Joseph W. Janes. 21. Public Libraries in the United States: Service to Business and Industry / Beverly P. Lynch. 22. Prognosis on Becoming Digital: Digital Information, Global Networks, and Business Education / William D. Walker.