International annotated bibliography about digital libraries. The following aspects are covered: a) visionaries, authors that wrote about the library of the future during the period of 1945-1985; b) concepts of digital library; c) major on-going projects in Germany, Australia, Brasil, Canada, Denmark, Spain, United States, France, Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Sweden and Vatican; c) tecnical aspects related to the construction of the digital library, such as: system architecture, data conversion and scanning, text enconding, collection development, cataloging, classificacation and indexing, metadata, reference, information retrieval, copyright and the preservation of digital information; e) major information sources: monographs, periodical titles, technical meetings, discussion lists, groups and center of studies, courses and trainning.
Digital library; Digital library architecture; Data conversion; Scanning; Text marking; Electronic text encoding; SGML; Collection development; Cataloging; Classification, Indexing; Metadata, Reference, Information Retrieval; Z39.50; Copyright; Digital information; Preservation of information