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International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries

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Users and Uses of Online Digital Libraries in France

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This article presents a study of online digital library (DL) uses, based on three data sources (online questionnaire, Internet traffic data and interviews). We show that DL users differ from average Internet users as well as from classical library users, and that their practices involve particular contexts, among which personal researches and bibliophilism. These results lead us to reconsider the status of online documents, as well as the relationship between commercial and non-commercial Web sites. Digital libraries, far from being simple digital versions of library holdings, are now attracting a new type of public, bringing about new, unique and original ways for reading and understanding texts. They represent a new arena for reading and consultation of works alongside that of traditional libraries.

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  1. France Telecom R&D, 38 rue du Général Leclerc, 92794, Issy Les Moulineaux, France

    Houssem Assadi & Thomas Beauvisage

  2. Quai François-Mauriac, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 75706, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Catherine Lupovici & Thierry Cloarec

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  1. Houssem Assadi
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  1. NetLab, Knowledge Technologies Group, Lund University Libraries, P.O. Box 134, 22100, Lund, Sweden

    Traugott Koch

  2. Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,  

    Ingeborg Torvik Sølvberg

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Assadi, H., Beauvisage, T., Lupovici, C., Cloarec, T. (2003). Users and Uses of Online Digital Libraries in France. In: Koch, T., Sølvberg, I.T. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2769. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45175-4_1

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