Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 35 Issue 1

More product, more process: metadata in digital image collections

Grace Therrell

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of current theories that advocate for minimal levels of description in digital collections. Specifically, this paper looks…

The relationship of personal innovativeness, quality of digital resources and generic usability with users’ satisfaction: A Pakistani perspective

Asad Khan, Mohamad Noorman Masrek, Khalid Mahmood

In addition to instrumental assumptions, behavioural researchers suggest the study of individual traits such as personal innovativeness (PI), users’ satisfaction and other…

Developing an institutional repository using Digital Commons

Denise A. Brush, Jonathan Jiras

The purpose of this paper is to share the knowledge and lessons learned about the process of developing an institutional repository (IR) using a hosted solution, Digital Commons…

Digital preservation practices in university libraries: An investigation of institutional repositories in Africa

Ebele N. Anyaoku, Anthonia U. Nwabueze Echedom, Ebikabowei Emmanuel Baro

The purpose of the study is to investigate the digital preservation practices in institutional repositories (IRs) in Africa.