Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives: Developing, Managing, and Sustaining Unique Digital Collections

Equally valuable for LIS students just learning about the digital landscape, information professionals taking their first steps to create digital content, and organizations who already have well-established digital credentials, Purcell’s book outlines methods applicable and scalable to many different types and sizes of libraries and archives.

Aaron D. Purcell is a professor and the director of special collections at Virginia Tech. He previously served as university archivist at the University of Tennessee. His research includes donor relations, the early Tennessee Valley Authority, and the McCarthy era. He has written six other books on a range of archival and historical topics and published numerous articles in journals.