Title LC21 : a digital strategy for the Library of Congress / 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.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000]
	©2000

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240).
Summary	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.
Contents	""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""
	""B Briefers at Plenary Meetings and Site Visits""""C List of Letters Received""; ""D Acronyms""
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Subject	Library of Congress -- Automation -- Planning.
	Library of Congress.
	Automation.
	Planning.
	Library of Congress.
	Library of Congress -- Automatisation -- Planification.
	National libraries -- United States -- Automation -- Planning.
	National libraries.
	United States.
	Integrated library systems (Computer systems) -- United States -- Planning.
	Integrated library systems (Computer systems)
	Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources -- Planning.
	Libraries.
	Electronic information resources.
	Digital libraries -- United States -- Planning.
	Digital libraries.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress.
Added Title	Library of Congress 21
Other Form:	Print version: LC21. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000 0309071445 (DLC) 00111489 (OCoLC)45795482
ISBN	0309514649 (electronic book)
	9780309514644 (electronic book)
	0309071445
	9780309071444

Title LC21 : a digital strategy for the Library of Congress / 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.

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