...Ragnar Andreas Audunson; Ágnes Barátné Hajdu; Péter Kiszl; Katalin Bella Purpose This article aims to discuss the relevance of the concept of libraries as low-intensive meeting places, developed in the first years after the millennium, with regard to today’s digital restructuring of the public...

...Roswitha Skare Purpose The purpose of this study is to show that the neo-documentary – or complimentary – approach in Library and Information Science by no means is conservative, but highly necessary also in today's digitized media landscape. An example from a digitized photo archive is chosen...

...Zack Lischer-Katz The purpose of this paper is to understand the emergence of digital reformatting as a technique for preserving information within the cultural heritage preservation community by reviewing historical trends in modern preservation research. This paper analyzes secondary...

...David Mindel Purpose Digital collections are becoming more commonplace at libraries, archives and museums around the world, creating potential for improved accessibility to information that may otherwise remain hidden and further support for intellectual exploration. As a result of the growing...

... for websites (Nicholas et al., 2000), e-journals (Yu and Apps, 2000) and digital resources (Warwick et al., 2008 ; Meyer et al., 2009). To date, though, it has not been used to analyse user behaviour in digitised newspaper archives. This paper will address this gap, presenting data...

... – This paper establishes arguments from a historical analysis of stages in the conceptual development of digital media and stages in the digitization of library functions. The historical approach leads to some discussions and forecasts of the future of research libraries. Findings – Digital media have...