TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to point out the commonalities of research in digital libraries and digital preservation with regard to the issues of users and context of information.Design/methodology/approach– The paper's approach is a review of selected literature and reports of research projects focusing particularly on digital preservation research.Findings– It is noted that just like the digital library community the digital preservation research community is also confronted with the challenges of capturing, storing and making use of the information related to users and context.Practical implications– The paper points out some current research in digital preservation that aims to handle the users and context information for building future digital preservation systems. It highlights some major challenges in these areas.Originality/value– The paper reports on the state of the art research in digital preservation.
VL  - 66
IS  - 2
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/00220411011023625
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00220411011023625
AU  - Chowdhury Gobinda
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - From digital libraries to digital preservation research: the importance of users and context
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 207
EP  - 223
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -