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Creating Database-Backed library Web Pages

Author: Stephen R. Westman

Rs. 975

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ISBN 9788170005605
Year of Publication 2009
Binding HardBound
Pages 280
Edition
Language English
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Database-backed Web Pages provides many advantages for libraries: users get accurate and up-to-date information in real time, existing data gains new utility, and site maintenance and data publishing are much easier. as appealing an idea as database-backed pages are, the how-tos of creating them remain a mystery to many librarians.
Following West man's clear, step-by-step explanations, readers well learn when, and for what kinds of information, database-backed library Web pages are appropriate and will gain the technical know-how to work with existing data, including implementing advanced searching techniques in applications.
This authoritative, money saving guide takes readers through a complete project, from concept to implementation. It serves both beginner and expert librarians involved with designing and administrators seeking expert guidance on open source tools and programming and documentation procedures. Packed with expert advice and links to real tools, this powerful, hands-on reference will streamline webmaster' results and users' searches.

Foreword
by Eric Lease Morgan
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Database Basics
3. Setup and Administration
4. Introductory Programming
5. Creating Reports
6. Project Design
7. Programming the Application
8. Security-Related Techniques
9. Creating Public Interfaces
10. Development Procedures
Appendixes
A Creating Shrimp Etoufee
B Programming standards
Glossary
Index

Stephen Westman is the digital information Services Librarian at the University of North Carolina at charlotte, where he has been since 2003, In this capacity, he is extensively involved in creating databases to organize and provide access to information on the Web. he has held similar positions at Georgia College and State University, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Ohio State University. Throughout his career, Westman has been very interested in information retrieval issues. He has worked extensively with databases for almost eighteen years, focusing for the last ten years on using relational databases to create web pages and applications, In addition to his work in library technology, Stephen is also a trained musician, having studied at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also earned his ms in Library and Information Science in 1990.

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