Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 34 Issue 2

Information economy

Robert Fox

This paper aims to describe several methods to expose website information to Web crawlers for providing value-added services to patrons.

Shooting for the moon: an analysis of digital initiatives librarian job advertisements

Elizabeth Skene

The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution of technology-oriented university librarian positions and analyze digital initiatives librarian job advertisements to…

Maintaining digital collections with declining resources, fewer staff

Wendy Walker, Teressa Keenan

The purpose of this paper is to describe methods for restructuring workflows and efficiently using staff members and volunteers to continue work on multiple, simultaneous digital…

SPOKEdb: open-source information management system for oral history

Eric C. Weig, MLE Slone

This paper aims to examine how an open-source information management system was developed to manage a collection of more than 10,000 oral history interviews at the University of…

Innovative management strategies for building and sustaining a digital initiatives department with limited resources

A. Miller

The purpose of this paper is to offer and explore innovative strategies for building and sustaining digital initiatives at information organizations. Although the examples…

Demonstrating academic library impact to faculty: a case study

Masami Yamaguchi, Joanna Richardson

This paper aims to describe the approach taken by an Australian university library in using data visualisation to increase the academic/library staff collaboration.