Core Infrastructure Considerations for Large Digital Libraries

by Geneva Henry

July 2012. 19 pp.
ISBN 978-1-932326-41-3
CLIR pub 153

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This study examines the core infrastructure elements of systems that manage large quantities of digital materials that one would think of as a digital library. An examination of the infrastructures of a few make it possible to understand the diverse approaches each has taken to manage digital content. This study focuses on large, noncommercial digital libraries. Published in collaboration with CLIR’s Digital Library Federation program.

• Contents and Front Matter
• Report body (all sections, 1-7)
• References and Additional Resources

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