The eLib project publications

Citation

(1998), "The eLib project publications", Asian Libraries, Vol. 7 No. 10. https://doi.org/10.1108/al.1998.17307jad.013

The eLib project publications

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The eLib project publications

Since 1995 the UK's Higher Education Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has funded more than 60 projects through the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). These projects aim to shape the development of the electronic library through a programme of action-based research and include a variety of approaches, culminating in the hybrid library and "clumps" projects that began in January 1998. The homepage for eLib can be found at http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/

More than 20 supporting studies were also funded as an integral part of eLib. These were commissioned in three thematic strands: studies in digital preservation, evaluation and impact studies and general studies that include some project final reports. They have worked towards defining notions of best practice within the electronic library and provide considerable insight into digital library developments in the future. A full list of these is available at http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/

The first three reports from the supporting study projects have been published recently by the Library Information Technology Centre at South Bank University. They are:

1. 1.

   Early Impact of eLib Activities on Cultural Change in Higher Education, by Clare Davies, Matthew Hall, Charles Oppenheim and Alison Scammell. ISBN 1900508354.

2. 2.

   Management Information Systems and Performance Measurement for the Electronic Library, by Peter Brophy and Peter Wynne. ISBN 1900508362.

3. 3.

   Responsibility for Digital Archiving and Long-Term Access to Digital Data, by David Haynes, David Streatfield, Tanya Jowett and Monica Blake. ISBN 1900508370.

Copies of study reports are available at a cost of £20.00 each (plus postage and packing). These can be obtained by contacting: Lynda Agili, LITC, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK. Fax: +44 171 815 7050; E-mail: agilila@sbu.ac.uk

In addition, all of the supporting study reports will be made freely available on the eLib Web pages at http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/ .Many have already been uploaded and include some reports that will only be available in electronic form.