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Paper to Digital Documents in the Information Age
Ziming Liu, Ph.D
ISBN: 1-59158-620-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-620-3
176 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 10/30/2008
List Price: $50.00 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "Liu's chapters are expansions of articles he has written for information science journals, but he manages to tie them together well."
    —College & Research Libraries News     5/1/2009
Description: Is the paperless society really possible? What is the future of paper in the Digital Age?

Based on extensive statistics and six separate surveys, Paper to Digital explores the evolution and changing characteristics of documents in the Information Age. Resultant implications are studied through the examination of emerging issues in the digital environment.

This timely book represents a useful and scholarly exploration of a major concern in our society.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    Chapter 2: The Evolution of Documents and Its Impacts
    Chapter 3: Trends in Transforming Scholarly Communications
    Chapter 4: Trust in the Preservation of Digital Information
    Chapter 5: Reading Behavior in the Digital Environment
    Chapter 6: Gender Differences in the Online Reading Environment
    Chapter 7: Perceptions of the Credibility of Scholarly Information on the Web
    Chapter 8: Cultural Differences in Credibility Assessment
    Chapter 9: Print vs. Electronic Resources: User Perceptions, Preferences, and Use
    Chapter 10: The Future of Paper in the Digital Age
About the Author: Dr. Ziming Liu received his Ph.D. in library and information studies at the University of California at Berkeley in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at San José State University in 2000, he was a research scientist at Ricoh California Research Center and a visiting faculty member at the University of Washington. He has published numerous papers in top-tier scholarly journals such as Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (1995), Communications of the ACM (2000; 2003), Information Processing and Management (2003; 2004; 2006), Journal of the American Society for Information Science (1996; 1997), and Journal of Documentation (1997; 2004; 2005).
LCC Class: 20
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