Abstract
Digital libraries represent a form of information technology in which social impact matters as much as technological advancement. It is hard to evaluate a new technology in the absence of real users and large collections. The best way to develop new technology is in multi-year large-scale research projects that use real-world electronic testbeds for actual users and aim at developing new, comprehensive, and user-friendly technologies for digital libraries. Typically, these testbed projects also examine the broad social, economic, legal, ethical, and crosscultural contexts and impacts of digital library research.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 213-215 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Information Systems
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Artificial Intelligence