The primary purpose of this book is to help the student understand the principles of multimedia interface design and to develop essential skills. The underlying philosophy of the approach in this course is that concepts are learned and remembered better when learned in a real work environment.

While the audience for this book is foremost students who are in information and library science classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels, its scope would be suitable, at an introductory level, for professionals, scholars and practitioners with a general interest in digital library science and technology. Moreover, this book will provide readers a thorough and comprehensive reference for teaching and learning of the growing area of digital librarianship.