Synopsis
This collection of essays on sustaining digital libraries is a report of early findings from pioneers who have worked to establish digital libraries, not merely as experimental projects, but as ongoing services and collections intended to be sustained over time in ways consistent with the long-held practices of print-based libraries. Particularly during this period of extreme technological transition, it is imperative that programs across the nation - and indeed the world - actively share their innovations, experiences, and techniques in order to begin cultivating new standard practices. The collective sentiment of the field is that we must begin to transition from a punctuated, project-based mode of advancing innovative information services to an ongoing programmatic mode of sustaining digital libraries for the long haul.
About the Author
Dr. Katherine Skinner is the Executive Director of the Educopia Institute, an independent not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational organization dedicated to improving scholarly communication in socially responsible ways (http://educopia.org). Dr. Skinner also serves as Digital Projects Librarian for the Emory University Libraries, providing leadership and strategic direction for the library's digital initiatives that are supported through sponsored funding. She is a Co-Principal Investigator on the SouthComb Cyberinfrastructure for Scholars Project (http://southcomb.org), a founder and editorial board member of Southern Spaces (http://southernspaces.org) and manages the MetaArchive Cooperative, a distributed digital preservation service organization supported by the Library of Congress and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (http://metaarchive.org). Dr. Martin Halbert is Director of Digital Programs and Systems at the Emory University Libraries and directs all digital library services and systems functions for the Emory General Libraries. He is responsible for researching and leading library information technology initiatives, including all digital scholarly communication projects of the MetaScholar Initiative (http:// MetaScholar.org). Dr. Halbert provides a leadership role within the library for computer systems operations, development, planning, and integration. He is the principal investigator for research projects with budgets totaling $4.8M. He is the founding President of the Educopia Institute, an independent not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational organization dedicated to improving scholarly communication in socially responsible ways (http://educopia.org). With support from the Library of Congress in 2003, he established the MetaArchive Cooperative, a growing consortium of cultural heritage institutions that provides distributed digital preservation services (http:// MetaArchive.org).
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