Digital Library Economics An Academic Perspective 1st Edition by David Baker, Wendy Evans ISBN 978-1843344032 1843344033
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Author: David P. Baker, Wendy Evans
Table of contents:
1 Digital library economics: the environment
David Baker and Wendy Evans
Introduction
Defining the digital library
Hybrid approaches
Digital library strategies
Digitisation
Archiving and preservation
Repositories
Open access
Copyright
The potential
Other benefits and value added elements
The end user
Culture change
Conclusion
Note
References
2 Digital library economics: the key themes David Baker and Wendy Evans
Introduction
The cost of digital libraries
Assigning cost and value in the digital library
Funding
Pricing
Economic models
Sustainability
Collaboration
Conclusion
Note
References
3 A history of digital library economics
Reg Carr
Times of ignorance …
Recognising the need for research
“Leaming by doing: the United States
“Leaming by doing: the United Kingdom
Conclusion
Notes
References
4 Digital library economics: aspects and prospects Derek Law
Introduction
Business plans
Library costs
The components of the digital library
Digital library collections
Digital content
Digital library economics: the key themes David Baker and Wendy Evans
Introduction
The cost of digital libraries
Assigning cost and value in the digital library
Funding
Pricing
Economic models
Sustainability
Collaboration
Conclusion
Note
References
3
A history of digital library economics
Reg Carr
Times of ignorance …
Recognising the need for research
“Leaming by doing: the United States
“Leaming by doing: the United Kingdom
Conclusion
Notes
References
Digital library economics: aspects and prospects Derek Law
Introduction
Business plans
Library costs
The components of the digital library
Digital library collections
Digital content
Digital library staffing
User support, kitemarking and trust metrics
The estate
Administrative costs and income
Conclusion
Notes
References
5 Journal publishing: implications for a digital library policy
Robert Campbell and Edward Wates
Introduction
Background
The rise, fall and rise in circulation
The costs of publishing
The challenge
Is open access the answer?
Savings in the scholarly communication system
Conclusion
Notes
References
6 Hybrid library management
Jean Sykes
Introduction
Collection building
Resource allocation
User behaviour
Conclusion
Notes
References
7 Digital library economics: International perspectives
I The Australian perspective
Warwick Cathro
Introduction: definition and scope
Australian work on economic models
Digital libraries in Australia
Digitisation
Web archiving
University repositories
Collaboration and standards
Conclusion
Notes
References
II The German perspective
Rafael Ball
Introduction
Approaches to defining a digital library
How did it start? Digital library initiatives in Germany
Selected digital library projects and initiatives
Conclusion
Notes
References
III The Dutch perspective
Bas Savenije
Introduction: the landscape
A short history of innovation
Towards digital collections
Open access
Relationship to research and teaching
Organisational consequences
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 E-journals and e-books
Hazel Woodward and Fytton Rowland
Introduction
Acquisition of e-journals
The open access movement
The acquisition of e-books
The costs of providing access to e-journals
Conclusion
Notes
References
Digitisation – trends in the economics of retro-conversion
Stuart Dempster and Catherine Grout
Introduction
The development of digitisation
Public investment
Private/public partnership
Projecting the costs: some examples
The budgetary black hole
Impact of format issues
Examples of costing models
Sustainability models
Conclusion
Notes
References
10 To be or not to be: prospects for document supply in the digital library
Mike McGrath
Background
Document supply and the hybrid library
Terminology and definition of document supply
The current environment for document supply
The publishers
Document suppliers
Copyright and digital rights management
Conclusion
Notes
References
11 Cost-effective decision-making in collection building
Lorraine Estelle
Introduction
Strategic assessment
Business assessment: price and usage
Business assessment: financial models
‘Big Deal’ or not?
Print versus e-books
Print versus e-reference
Licensing evaluation
Benefits assessments
Conclusion
Notes
References
12 Spinning the disks – lessons from the circus
John Robinson
Introduction
Spinning plates
Before the digital library
The advent of the digital library
Access infrastructure
Resource infrastructure
Keeping ‘safe’ copies of important material
Functionality, complexity, sustainability
Sustaining the infrastructure
Collective solutions for collective problems
Keeping the spinning disks aloft
Conclusion
Notes
References
13 The CREE project: a case study on the novel delivery of search-related library services and its economic implications
Chris Awre and CREE staff at the University of Hull
Introduction
Why CREE?
Models for delivering search-related resources
The CREE project
The impact of CREE
What does the future hold?
Notes
References
14 The economics of copyright
Hugh Look and Alicia Wise
Introduction
Why copyright came to exist
The public domain
How it works financially
Licensing
Issues for publishers
Issues for libraries
Looking ahead
Conclusion
Notes
References
15 The economic future for digital libraries: a 2020 vision
Simon Tanner
Introduction
Technology trends
Ambient intelligence
The environment
Managing containers, content and context
Economic barriers in relation to context management
Financial sustainability
Collaboration
Open source
Open access
Digital divide
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
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