Background
Lesk, Michael E. was born on May 21, 1945.
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A digital library is not merely a collection of electronic information. It is an organized and digitized system of data that can serve as a rich resource for its user community. This authoritative and accessible guide for librarians and computer scientists explores the technologies behind digital libraries, the choices to be made in building them, and the economic and policy structures that affect them. The most comprehensive book on the subject, Practical Digital Libraries * offers the most wide-ranging overview of digital libraries currently available * analyzes economic and intellectual issues in the emerging digital environment * shows how text, images, audio, and video can be represented, distributed, used, and collected as forms of knowledge
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library and information science educator
Lesk, Michael E. was born on May 21, 1945.
Bachelor in Physics and Chemistry, Harvard College, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics, Harvard University, 1969.
Member staff Computing Science Research Center Bell Laboratories, 1969-1983, executive director computer science research department, 1983-1995. Chief research scientist Information Sciences Research Laboratory Bellcore. Head Division Information and Intelligent Systems National Science Foundation, 1998—2002.
Professor library and information studies, chair Department Library and Information Science School Communications, Information and Library. Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 2002. Visiting professor computer science University College London, visiting fellow librarianship and archive studies.
Member visiting committee Harvard University Library. Member technical assessment advisory committee Commission Preservation and Access. Adjunct lecturer computer science Columbia University, 1983-1985.
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Fellow: Associate Computing Machinery. Member: National Academy of Engineering.