1 Emergence and definitions of digital libraries -- 2 Outcomes of digital libraries' first decade -- 3 Key themes and challenges in digital libraries -- 4 Digital library collections: repositories -- 5 Hybrid libraries -- 6 Social roles of digital libraries -- 7 Digital libraries and their communities -- 8 The prospects of open access repositoreis -- 9 Digital libraries and the social web: scholarship -- 10 Digital libraries and the social web: collections and platforms

"Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centered foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centered engagement with the social web."--Pub. desc