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