TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainability of digital libraries
T2 - International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2013
AU - Chowdhury, Gobinda G.
PY - 2013/10/3
Y1 - 2013/10/3
N2 - Major factors related to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of digital libraries have been discussed. Some research in digital information systems and services in general, and digital libraries in particular, have been discussed to illustrate different issues of sustainability. Based on these discussions the paper, for the first time, proposes a conceptual model and a theoretical research framework for sustainable digital libraries. It shows that the sustainable business models to support digital libraries should also support equitable access supported by specific design and usability guidelines that facilitate easier, better and cheaper access, support the personal, institutional and social culture of users, and at the same time conform with the policy and regulatory frameworks of the respective regions, countries and institutions.
AB - Major factors related to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of digital libraries have been discussed. Some research in digital information systems and services in general, and digital libraries in particular, have been discussed to illustrate different issues of sustainability. Based on these discussions the paper, for the first time, proposes a conceptual model and a theoretical research framework for sustainable digital libraries. It shows that the sustainable business models to support digital libraries should also support equitable access supported by specific design and usability guidelines that facilitate easier, better and cheaper access, support the personal, institutional and social culture of users, and at the same time conform with the policy and regulatory frameworks of the respective regions, countries and institutions.
KW - digital libraries
KW - economic sustainability
KW - environmental sustainability
KW - social sustainability
KW - sustainability
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_1
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884724740
SN - 9783642405006
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 1
EP - 12
BT - Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
A2 - Aalborg, Trond
A2 - Papatheodorou, Christos
A2 - Dobreva, Milena
A2 - Tsakonas, Giannis
A2 - Farrugia, Charles J.
PB - Springer
Y2 - 22 September 2013 through 26 September 2013
ER -