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ISSN: 1468-4527
Online from: 1977
Subject Area: Library and Information Studies
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Google Print and the principle of functionality
| Title: | Google Print and the principle of functionality |
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| Author(s): | G.E. Gorman, (School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) |
| Citation: | G.E. Gorman, (2007) "Google Print and the principle of functionality", Online Information Review, Vol. 31 Iss: 2, pp.113 - 115 |
| Keywords: | Digital libraries, Digital storage, Information services, Worldwide web |
| Article type: | Literature review |
| DOI: | 10.1108/14684520710747176 (Permanent URL) |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Abstract: | Purpose – The purpose of this Editorial is to outline the economic factors involved in digitisation and the maintenance of digital collections. Design/methodology/approach – The paper assesses the cost-effectiveness of digitisation. Findings – Google Print's assumption that whatever has been published is worth digitising is a massively false and uneconomic assumption. Originality/value – The paper highlights the crunch point for arguments regarding digital preservation – determine costs according to the usefulness of the artefact and be ruthless about dropping items which do not meet “baseline measures of functionality”. |
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