Digital Libraries. Principles and Practice introduces readers to the principles underlying digital libraries, and illustrates these principles by reference to a wide range of digital library practices throughout the world. Individual chapters deal with issues such as: # Digital library users and the services that are offered to them # Information sources typically found in digital libraries # Standards and protocols with which digital libraries must operate in order to cooperate with other institutions # Software that can be used in the development of digital libraries # Interface design # Searching and browsing digital library collections # ...Administrating digital libraries, including discussion of intellectual property rights and preservation issues. A final chapter comprises eight case studies drawn from Canada, England, India, Italy, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the US and Wales that are used to illustrate points made in earlier chapters. Throughout the book, the challenges of developing and implementing digital library systems in multilingual and multicultural environments are explored.