Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 41 Issue 1

Editorial: “Redefining impact: digital libraries and their communities”

Evaluating the progress and impact of Shodhganga: enhancements, challenges and future directions for India’s centralized ETD repository

This paper critically evaluates Shodhganga, India’s centralized digital repository for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). It explores the repository’s impact, open access…

Interweaving academic insights: advancing university knowledge management through a strategic data fabric framework

Effective knowledge management in large academic institutions is crucial for fostering innovation and improving educational practices. However, these institutions often face…

Designing the digital transformation model of public university libraries in Iran based on Delphi method

This paper aims to design the digital transformation model for university libraries based on the Delphi method using the Iranian public university libraries as the study case.

Metadata harvesting for digital library integration in Ukraine: a comparative study of the OAI-PMH protocol and VuFind’s efficacy

This paper aims to the problem of building an environment to support scientific research in connection with the development of Open Science in Ukraine.

The potential use of immersive virtual environments for collecting and archiving heritage gameplay activities in digital libraries

This paper aims to discuss and propose the potential use of immersive virtual environments (IVEs) for archiving and collecting heritage gameplay activities in digital libraries…

Analysis of content, services, and resources available and accessible on websites of academic libraries

This study aims to review the content of academic libraries’ websites with specific reference to the general information, services, information resources, features and…

Librarians and paraprofessionals’ digital literacy competencies and digital programs of public libraries in Western Visayas, Philippines

This study aims to examine the digital literacy (DL) competencies among librarians and paraprofessionals of public libraries in Western Visayas, Philippines. It also investigated…

Research data management in institutional repositories: an architectural approach using data lakehouses

This paper aims to address the pressing challenges in research data management within institutional repositories, focusing on the escalating volume, heterogeneity and multi-source…

The impact of artificial intelligence on Sri Lanka libraries: an interview with Premila Gamage