Paper to Digital: Documents in the Information Age

by Ziming Liu Ph.D.

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591586203
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/2008
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

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 jourbanals such as Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (1995), Communications of the ACM (2000; 2003), Information Processing and Management (2003; 2004; 2006), Jourbanal of the American Society for Information Science (1996; 1997), and Jourbanal of Documentation (1997; 2004; 2005).

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

Editorial Reviews

Liu's chapters are expansions of articles he has written for information science jourbanals, but he manages to tie them together well.” —College & Research Libraries News

“This discussion of a complex and important issue is accessible and fascinating. Librarians at all stages of their careers and in all types of organizations will find much here regarding the forces shaping our present realities and our future.” —Education Libraries

“Paper to Digital contains a fascinating series of studies that investigate the history and future of the document, the paperless society, and the impacts of the change from paper to digital…Liu maintains a scholarly tone that is neutral but engaging. His writing can be easily read and understood by readers who are not academics. Librarians, information scientists, and scholars who are interested in the history and future of the book will be particularly interested in this work.” —Catholic Library World

“Liu's well-written book is a compilation of his previously published articles. . . The quality of Liu's previous articles and thus the quality of this work is high. . .” —Collection Management

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