Abstract
The provision of information resources and services is now readily available online via digital libraries furnished by a wide variety of information providers. Information is no longer just text and pictures, and is now available in a wide variety of multimedia formats. Digital libraries represent a new form of information technology in which content management, service delivery and social impact matter as much as technological advancement. In addition, for digital library researchers there is a need to transform information access to knowledge creation and management. Based on research in the USA in the Digital Libraries Initiative and the National Science Digital Library programmes, a review is provided of significant past and emerging digital library research activities, and research based on new knowledge management concepts and technologies is suggested.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 157-167 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Program |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- Digital libraries
- Government
- Knowledge management
- Research
- United States of America
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Library and Information Sciences