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Assessing the Roles That a Small Specialist Library Plays to Guide the Development of a Hybrid Digital Library

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Context: Nature, Impact, and Role (CoLIS 2005)

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A case study of the development of a hybrid digital library system for a small, specialist library is discussed. It is proposed that small, specialist libraries play different roles for their stakeholders than academic or commercial libraries do, and therefore different models of digital library systems are required. It is primarily shown that the community building and supporting roles are much stronger and more important and that financial resources are even more scarce than for academic and commercial libraries. Although the findings are based on an in-depth analysis of one library, a semi-formal interview study with librarians from similar institutions was undertaken. This demonstrates that the arguments presented here have a good level of generality.

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  1. Senate House Library, University of London, Malet Street, London, UK

    Richard Butterworth

  2. Interaction Design Centre, Middlesex University, Trent Park, London, UK

    Veronica Davis Perkins

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

    Fabio Crestani

  2. Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, G1 1XH, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Ian Ruthven

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Butterworth, R., Perkins, V.D. (2005). Assessing the Roles That a Small Specialist Library Plays to Guide the Development of a Hybrid Digital Library. In: Crestani, F., Ruthven, I. (eds) Context: Nature, Impact, and Role. CoLIS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3507. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11495222_16

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