Comparison of digital archives from the point of sustainability

Scientific paper - Other

• Author: Sümeyye Akça
• Author: Zehra Taşkın
• Author: Monika Batur https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0251-7487; MBZ: 406141; VIAF: 95147905074679090904
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of information and Communication sciences)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Library Science

Abstract (english)

Digital repositories applications have been proliferated recently throughout the world as a result of open access policies. In order to gain more efficient these attempts, it is really important to meet requirements for creating well-designed archives. One of the most significant requirements of digital repositories is sustainability. The main aim of this study is to assess three selected digital archives which are e-prints in library & information Science (ELIS), Digital Archive of... More Hacettepe University Department of Information Management (PDAHU) and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Institutional Repository of University of Zagreb (DARHIV) in terms of sustainability by using the framework of Research Libraries Group (Research Libraries Group, 2002). We analyzed these three digital libraries under the six titles which are important issues for persistence of institutional repositories. Findings reveal that E-LIS is well structured digital repository rather than PDAHU and DARHIV. At the same time, all of these three digital repositories should increase their deposit activities in order to gain more efficiency on sustainability. Less

• Keywords (english): digital libraries; sustainability; open access; E-LIS; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Institutional Repository of University of Zagreb; Digital Archive of Hacettepe University Department of Information Management
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Other
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: BOBCATSSS 2014 Proceedings
• Numbering: pp. 180-187
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:209032
• Publication: 2014
• Conference: Title: BOBCATSSS; Location: Barcelona, Spain; Organizer: University of Barcelona, Spain; Organizer: University of Borås, Sweden; Start date: 2014-01-29; End date: 2014-01-31; Assembly type: Lecture
• Document URL: https://proceedings.bobcatsss2014.hb.se/article/view/360
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science
• Publishing place: Barcelona
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-10-09 14:36:49