E-Content

EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Content

E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations

October 29, 2012

"Books are undergoing a massive transformation from being a physical object to something electronic, or an "e-book". And while e-book sales still make up only a small proportion of…

E-Science and Data Support Services

August 19, 2010

This study draws on data from 57 of 123 ARL member libraries (a 46% response rate for the survey). Over 75% of survey respondents reported that their institution either provides infrastructure or…

An Arbitrage Opportunity for Image Search and Retrieval

June 2, 2009

A new paradigm for image search metadata collection is emerging exemplified by the Human Computation School's application of gaming principles to information science search challenges. In pa…

The Research Library’s Role in Digital Repository Services

February 3, 2009

The report, “The Research Library’s Role in Digital Repository Services,” identifies key issues surrounding repository development, explores common strategies that libraries are using, anal…

Institutional Repository on a Shoestring

February 3, 2009

In this article, the authors, three members of the Humboldt Digital Scholar (HDS) Steering Committee, describe the process of setting up and managing a digital repository: hardware and software s…

A Study of Institutional Repository Holdings by Academic Discipline

December 12, 2008

The purpose of the study reported in this article was to determine nationally which academic disciplines demonstrate a greater tendency to publish in academic institutional repositories. The stud…

Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication

November 20, 2008

In the spring of 2008, ARL engaged Ithaka's Strategic Services Group to conduct an investigation into the range of online resources valued by scholars, paying special attention to those proj…

Identifying Factors of Success in CIC Institutional Repository Development - Final Report

August 21, 2008

With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the GSLIS Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign undertook a one-year pilo…

University Libraries in Google Project to Offer Backup Digital Library

October 13, 2008

A group of major universities has been quietly working for the past two years to build one of the largest online collections of books ever assembled, by pooling the millions of volumes that Googl…

Using Personas to Understand the Needs and Goals of Institutional Repository Users

October 3, 2008

This study shares the results of an effort to understand the needs and goals of future institutional repository (IR) users at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB). Due to underutilization …