Category: Digital Library

  • Digital Preservation

    Digital Preservation

    In library and archival science, digital preservation is a formal endeavor to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable. It involves planning, resource allocation, and application of preservation methods and technologies, and it combines policies, strategies and actions to ensure access to reformatted and “born-digital” content, regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change. The goal of…

  • The Supercharged Librarian

    The Supercharged Librarian

    The New Library and The New Librarian 21st-century librarians are seeing a redefinition of their roles, moving from stewards of physical information to educators on digital literacy. Library buildings, are becoming less about offering a refuge for quiet, independent study and more about creating opportunities for creativity and collaboration. The format of information is moving…

  • Liberty Makes Managing Copyright Obligations in the Digital Era Easy

    Liberty Makes Managing Copyright Obligations in the Digital Era Easy

    Technologies grow in complexity. The number of digital collections in libraries is expanding. Managing the copyright obligation of those resources is a significant task for library staff. Liberty, Softlink IC’s library management system (LMS), includes a Copyright module. It is designed to make it easier for library staff to manage copyright obligations. What is Copyright and…