Werden Veröffentlichungen bei Open-Access-Verlagen publiziert und die Publikationskosten vorab von den Autoren oder einer Institution entrichtet, so handelt es sich um den so genannten „Golden Road“ bzw. „Goldenen Weg“. ...

PDAs (personal digital assistants) have evolved from toys for geeks into tools with real potential for professionals. This editorial examines mental models about PDAs in order to understand the expectations of patrons and ...

The different kinds of repositories offer an opportunity for Open Access publications. We are at a point where the technical requirements have generally been met and repositories exist worldwide for the various disciplines ...

Purpose - To consider whether PDF formats are appropriate for long term digital archiving. Design/methodology/approach - To examine how well PDF's capabilities fit eReader devices such as future scholars may be use in ...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to introduce the second part of the theme issue on “user research and technology” and to discuss testing online digital library resources using methods from ethnography and cultural ...

Purpose – This column aims to examine the influence of technology on copyright infringement and looks at the contemporary technology race between tools for rights enforcement and tools for copying and sharing. ...

If 25 specialists in preserving scholarly information had sat together in June of 1907 at the University of Berlin on Unter den Linden (Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin), they could likely have agreed that materials stored ...

How can we digitize the spoken word in a way that maximizes its usefulness and accessibility over as long a period as possible? This editorial lists six issues: copyright and ownership; selection at both the collection and ...

Purpose – This paper uses an inductive approach to define “gray copyright.” It is needed to describe those situations in which the practical degree of copyright protection can best be measured in shades of risk rather than ...

There are times when the US copyright laws seem to stem from a culture that puts little value on providing public access to its own past. Two recent conferences discussed problems raised by copyright laws for those interested ...