To read this content please select one of the options below:

Desa Informasi: a virtual village of “new” information resources and services in Indonesia

Liauw Toong Tjiek (Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia)

Program: electronic library and information systems

ISSN: 0033-0337

Article publication date: 31 July 2007

763

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce Desa Informasi (Information Village), an institutional repository project carried out by Petra Christian University Library in Surabaya, Indonesia, and discuss its potential for enabling academic libraries to remain relevant in the digital era.

Design/methodology/approach

Definitions of an institutional repository are discussed and a short description of Desa Informasi and its digital contents are given. The potential of the digital contents in the repository as a “new species” of resource, as well as for a base for offering new services by academic libraries, is discussed. Lastly, the possibility of an institutional repository project being used by academic libraries to reach out to society is described, with relevant examples from the Desa Informasi project.

Findings

An institutional repository project can result in “new” resources and services for academic libraries, and has the potential to reach out to communities outside their traditional user base.

Originality/value

This paper identifies opportunities for academic libraries to remain relevant in the digital era.

Keywords

Citation

Toong Tjiek, L. (2007), "Desa Informasi: a virtual village of “new” information resources and services in Indonesia", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 41 No. 3, pp. 276-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/00330330710774156

Publisher

:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Related articles