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Tracy Kidder
The Soul of a New Machine (Modern Library)
by Modern Library (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1997-06-24)

Michael Freeman
The Complete Guide to Light & Lighting in Digital Photography (A Lark Photography Book)
by Lark Books (Paperback)

Michael Freeman, the author of more than 20 books on various aspects of photography, now helps digital photographers see (and understand) the light! Because good lighting is key to a picture’s success, it’s a topic of interest to anyone who picks up a digital camera…and Freeman’s comprehensive manual gives readers an essential toolbox of techniques and creative ideas. Find out how to create and manipulate lighting scenarios for professional-looking photos. Examine the many varieties of natural light, from blazing sunlight to gentle twilight, as well as incandescent and fluorescent lights. Make the most of your camera’s flash and lighting equipment, including diffusers, shades, and reflectors. From shooting techniques to imaging tricks, this provides photographers with a solid groundwork for producing top-quality pictures.

Elaine Svenonius
The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing)
by The MIT Press (Hardcover)

Instant electronic access to digital information is the single most distinguishing attribute of the information age. The elaborate retrieval mechanisms that support such access are a product of technology. But technology is not enough. The effectiveness of a system for accessing information is a direct function of the intelligence put into organizing it. Just as the practical field of engineering has theoretical physics as its underlying base, the design of systems for organizing information rests on an intellectual foundation. The subject of this book is the systematized body of knowledge that constitutes this foundation. Integrating the disparate disciplines of descriptive cataloging, subject cataloging, indexing, and classification, the book adopts a conceptual framework that views the process of organizing information as the use of a special language of description called a bibliographic language. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is an analytic discussion ...

Steve Ford
ARRL's HF digital handbook (Radio amateur's library)
by American Radio Relay League (Unknown Binding)

ARRL s HF Digital Handbook is your guide to understanding the most active HF digital communication modes in use today. There is something here for every radio operator beginners and more advanced operators alike. And, as this technology rapidly advances, your increased understanding of digital communication techniques will make certain that you stay in the race as new modes and methods unfold.This fourth edition book includes expanded station setup information, discussion of PSKMail and other varieties of PSK, new content on Olivia, DominoEX, HF digital voice and image modes, and Automatic Link Establishment.Just getting started? All it takes is your sound-card-equipped computer and your HF transceiver. ARRL s HF Digital Handbook will guide you through the rest!Contents: Assembling Your HF Digital Station RTTY PSK31 PACTOR Winlink 2000 Clover Hellschreiber MFSK G-TOR, MT-63, Throb, Olivia and DominoEX HF Digital Contesting HF Digital Voice and Image Automatic Link Establishment ...

Michael Lesk
Understanding Digital Libraries, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)
by Morgan Kaufmann (Paperback)

This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been dramatically altered by the growth of the Web.At every turn, the goal is practical: to show you how things you might need to do are already being done, or how they can be done. The first part of the book is devoted to technology and examines issues such as varying media requirements, indexing and classification, networks and distribution, and presentation. The second part of the book is concerned with the human contexts in which digital libraries function. Here you'll find specific and useful information on usability, preservation, scientific applications, and thorny legal and economic questions. . Useful for digital library projects in all kinds of settings, including commercial and community ventures, museums, research institutions, and schools.. Covers the ...

Christine L. Borgman
From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing)
by The MIT Press (Paperback)

Will the emerging global information infrastructure (GII) create a revolution in communication equivalent to that wrought by Gutenberg, or will the result be simply the evolutionary adaptation of existing behavior and institutions to new media? Will the GII improve access to information for all? Will it replace libraries and publishers? How can computers and information systems be made easier to use? What are the trade-offs between tailoring information systems to user communities and standardizing them to interconnect with systems designed for other communities, cultures, and languages? This book takes a close look at these and other questions of technology, behavior, and policy surrounding the GII. Topics covered include the design and use of digital libraries; behavioral and institutional aspects of electronic publishing; the evolving role of libraries; the life cycle of creating, using, and seeking information; and the adoption and adaptation of information technologies. ...

Magdalena Ball
The Turning.(Book Review): An article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch
by Midwest Book Review (Digital) (Release Date: 2005-07-13)

This digital document is an article from Reviewer's Bookwatch, published by Midwest Book Review on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1241 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: The Turning.(Book Review)Author: Magdalena BallPublication: Reviewer's Bookwatch (Newsletter)Date: January 1, 2005Publisher: Midwest Book Review Page: NAArticle Type: Book ReviewDistributed by Thomson Gale

Christine L. Borgman
Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet
by The MIT Press (Hardcover)

Awarded 2008 "Best Information Science Book" by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). Scholars in all fields now have access to an unprecedented wealth of online information, tools, and services. The Internet lies at the core of an information infrastructure for distributed, data-intensive, and collaborative research. Although much attention has been paid to the new technologies making this possible, from digitized books to sensor networks, it is the underlying social and policy changes that will have the most lasting effect on the scholarly enterprise. In Scholarship in the Digital Age, Christine Borgman explores the technical, social, legal, and economic aspects of the kind of infrastructure that we should be building for scholarly research in the twenty-first century. Borgman describes the roles that information technology plays at every stage in the life cycle of a research project and contrasts these new capabilities with the relatively ...

The Whole Digital Library Handbook
by American Library Association (Paperback)

Essential facts, advice, lists, documents, guidelines, lore, wit, and wisdom: Along with fun and irreverence, it's what readers have come to expect from the "Whole Library" series. In a one-volume compendium that's by turns encyclopedic, useful, and engaging, this latest entry provides an overview of digital libraries, covering the state of information, issues, customers, challenges, tools and technology, preservation, and the future. From blogs to Wikis, highlights include: digitization project planning tips and tools; the value proposition of the digital library; lists of Internet libraries, libraries that I.M., libraries that podcast; and interpretations of NextGen demographic data. Collecting insights from library luminaries as well the perspectives of interesting experts from outside the ranks of library professionals, "The Whole Digital Library Handbook" decodes the jargon and cuts to the chase.

Tim Grey
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide (Tim Grey Guides)
by Sybex (Paperback)

Get the most out of Lightroom with Tim Grey as your guide by reducing the time and effort you spend storing, selecting, and editing your digital images. Adobe’s new Lightroom software, together with this practical guide, explains everything from importing and cataloguing to processing and archiving. Whether you’re a professional photographer or advanced amateur, you’ll find ways to work efficiently with Lightroom in order to improve your productivity and get the results you want.

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