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Open E-Resources in Libraries

Open E-Resources in Libraries

Vesna Injac-Malbaša
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781466672307|ISBN10: 1466672307|EISBN13: 9781466672314
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch008
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Injac-Malbaša, Vesna. "Open E-Resources in Libraries." Open Source Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 133-160. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch008

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Injac-Malbaša, V. (2015). Open E-Resources in Libraries. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Open Source Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 133-160). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch008

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Injac-Malbaša, Vesna. "Open E-Resources in Libraries." In Open Source Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 133-160. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7230-7.ch008

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Abstract

In general, electronic resources include articles, online journals, e-books, e-theses, databases, Websites, portals, gateways, blogs, etc. The author distinguishes Open Access (OA) resources mainly intended for researchers and open digital heritage mainly intended for the general public. The author's objective is to present the background of OA resources, different OA initiatives and software, first institutional repositories, open archives browsers and harvesters, open access registries, activities in Europe and UNESCO, and personalities who are the most important advocates of OA. Concerning the open digital heritage, the author's objective is to present the most important international and national projects like the European Library, Europeana, the World Digital Library, Gutenberg Project, Google Books Project, Hathitrust Digital Library, Digital Public Library of America, International Children's Digital Library, the Library of Congress Digital Library, Gallica of the French National Library, National Digital Library of China, etc. The author's opinion is that libraries have to accept all challenges of the open e-resources for researchers and open digital heritage and that the future of open access for all users is not impossible. The world's knowledge should be accessible as a public good to every citizen of the planet.

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