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Škrabo, Katarina and Vrana, Radovan. (2017). Digital collections in public libraries in Croatia. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 60(1). pp. 103-134. ISSN 0507-1925

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Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present the results of the research of availability and characteristics of digital collections in public libraries in Croatia. The purpose of the paper is to motivate library professionals to create common criteria for digital collection development with the aim to facilitate access to digital material for users and to motivate general public to use the existing digital collections by pointing out at their quality. The paper consists of two parts. The first part defines public libraries, digital collections, digital libraries, and digitization as fundamental terms of this paper and serves as an introduction into the second part of the paper. The second part of the paper presents the results of the research, i.e. the analysis and comparison of all available digital collections in public libraries in Croatia. Methods used in the second part of the paper are content analysis and comparison of characteristics of digital collections against a set of criteria prepared in advance during the analysis of digital collections across the world in the preparatory phase of the research. The results of the research could be used in further development of user interfaces of future digital collections which is one of the current hot research topics and a permanent orientation of libraries across the world.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: public libraries, digitization, digital collections, Croatia
Subjects: Information sciences
Departments: Department of Information Science
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2017 11:49
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2017 11:49
URI: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/9341

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