• DOI:10.1016/S0306-4573(98)00059-4
Corpus ID: 43087536

What are Digital Libraries? Competing Visions

@article{Borgman1999WhatAD,
  title={What are Digital Libraries? Competing Visions},
  author={C. Borgman},
  journal={Inf. Process. Manag.},
  year={1999},
  volume={35},
  pages={227-243}
}

C. Borgman

Published 1999

Computer Science

Inf. Process. Manag.

Research and practice in digital libraries (DL) has exploded worldwide in the 1990s. Substantial research funding has become available, libraries are actively involved in DL projects and conferences, journals and online news lists proliferate. This article explores reasons for these developments and the influence of key players, while speculating on future directions. We find that the term ‘digital library’ is used in two distinct senses. In general, researchers view digital libraries as… CONTINUE READING

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