Table of contents - Special Issue: Hard Times? Digital Library Economics and the Future Financing of Libraries
Guest Editors: Professor David Baker
The dogs bark and the circus moves on
John D RobinsonThe paper aims to set out challenges that libraries face while developing their Digital Library capabilities and capacity and propose an approach to estimating the costs for these…
Teaching social media in public libraries – Danish experiences
Carl Gustav JohannsenThe paper aims to report on a Danish Web 2.0 user training project from 2009. Besides, reporting the main results of the project, the paper discusses some broader perspectives…
Correlations between the economy and public library use
Lara Skelly, Christine Stilwell, Peter G. Underwood– The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between different aspects of public library use with elements of economic growth and development.
Public libraries digital services and sustainability issues
Katarina MichnikThe purpose of this paper is to study how Swedish local politicians perceive the impact of public library digital services on public libraries and to discuss how this can affect…
From Plimsoll Line to triple bottom line: adding value through partnership
Derek G Law– The purpose of the paper is to argue that university libraries need to rethink their relationship with their parent institution.
The economics of MOOCs: a sustainable future?
Sarah PorterThe purpose of this paper is to describe the present interest in the current and predicted business models of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC); the business models that are…
An economic case for a UK collective collection
David BallThis paper is a thought experiment that investigates the possibilities of moving from the typical “just-in-case” model of managing legacy collections of printed monographs to a…
A review of changes in the delivery of information to users: 12 years of Literature Reviews in Interlending & Document Supply
Mike McGrath– The purpose of this paper is to consider the changes that have taken place in Interlending & Document Supply over the past 12 years.
Greek public libraries in economic crisis: the past, the present and the future
Evgenia Vassilakaki– The aim of this paper is to discuss the challenges that the current economic crisis has posed for Greek public and municipal libraries.
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- Professor Susanne Durst