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International collaboration in digital libraries : an analysis of the Manuscriptorium digital library case study

Ciocoiu, Adina Maria
Master thesis
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2012
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Abstract
International collaboration in digital libraries represents a challenging subject for the

cultural institutions, as everyone brings its own perspective and approach to the

collaborative endeavour. When joining such initiatives, organizations subscribe to a set

of technical and financial requirements to which local participants needs to agree. These

aspects concern the participants as well as funding institutions or stakeholders. They all

contribute to creating a sustainable collaborative initiative that can be easily accessed on

the long-term.

For this research, the lack of assessment concerning the local participant’s contribution

in international collaborative initiatives was identified as a major problem and that

framed the current research questions. Therefore this study aims at analyzing the

challenges faced by the local institutions when joining international collaborative

initiatives and at revealing the benefits of making widely available locally hosted content,

i.e. special collections, in a specific research environment. The case of Manuscriptorium

Digital Library was then chosen for answering the research questions, as it gathers

valuable content - manuscripts, rare books, maps, charts, letters, and so on - from

various European institutions - national, university libraries and research institutes -

and it makes it available as digital representations through a virtual research

environment. Also Manuscriptorium is considered to be one of the most structured,

stable and experienced initiative that was undertaken in the field of digital library of

special collections in Europe.

The main conclusion of this study, as revealed in the findings, consider the act of

international collaboration as beneficial to the local institutions, as it involves the whole

organization – staff, technical resources and financial – into a common environment.

Still, important drawbacks were identified mostly when stakeholders – national and

international - do not see the importance of collaboration and therefore do not ensure

the existence of their institution in a competitive arena. All these aspects need to be

considered in further studies, as the current one only gave an overview situation of

digital library collaboration in an international environment. In a world that calls for

sharing resources in the name of progress and innovation, collaboration brings new and

broad perspectives for the local organizations.
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Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL)
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Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Institutt for arkiv, bibliotek- og info.fag
Universitetet i Tallinn
Universitetet i Parma

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