Business Planning for Digital Libraries -- Contents -- About the authors -- Framework chapters -- 1 Business Planning for Digital Libraries Mel Collier -- Introduction: the aim of this book -- Business planning for digital libraries: definitions -- The elements of business planning for digital libraries -- Financing -- The management elements of the business plan -- Examples of business planning -- The approach of this book -- References -- 2 Business Model Innovationin Digital Libraries -The Cultural Heritage Sectorharry Verwayen -- Introduction -- Cultural heritage -- Business model innovation -- Business model innovation and cultural heritage -- Europeana -- Designing the model -- Proposition: The Long Tail and the value of aggregation -- Long Tail -- Aggregation -- Client segments -- Group 1 - End Users -- Group 2 - Sponsors -- Group 3 - Market -- Summary -- References -- Introduction -- Cultural heritage -- Business model innovation -- Business model innovation and cultural heritage -- Europeana -- Designing the model -- Proposition: The Long Tail and the value of aggregation -- 3 Digital Libraries In Higher Education Derek Law -- Vision and mission of the digital library -- The vision is equally crisp: -- The business case -- Target user group(s) -- User design principles -- Technical approach: architecture, infrastructure, metadata -- Costing -- Anticipated income streams -- Marketing -- Risk analysis -- Implementation plan -- Financial planning -- Conclusions -- Summary -- References -- 4 Digital Libraries for The Artsand Social Sciencesian Anderson -- Introduction -- Justifying an arts and social science approach -- E-Journal use -- Information retrieval patterns -- Sources and methods -- Approaches -- Strategic planning -- User awareness -- Active collecting -- Digital repositories -- Experimentation and risk -- Summary.

Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 The Impact of The Digital Libraryon The Planning of Scientific,Technical and Medical Librarieswouter Schallier -- A framework for innovation -- The library as space -- Into the user's environment -- Embedding the library in research and education -- Flexible internal organisation with new profiles -- The changing financial model of the library -- Summary -- References -- Practice chapters -- 6 E-Journals In Business Planningfor Digital Librariesmel Collier and Hilde Van Kiel -- State of the art -- Brief historical review -- The e-journal market: consolidation and consortia -- Consolidation -- Consortia -- Financial Benefits of Consortia -- Pressure for Better Service -- Usage Monitoring -- Policy Benefits -- Other Benefits -- Disadvantages -- Future of Consortia -- The form of the e-journal -- Electronic resources management (ERM) -- Cost-benefit of e-journals compared with paper journals -- Business planning elements -- Budget -- Administration -- Consequences for library organization -- Long-term access -- Prospects -- Summary -- References -- 7 E-Books: Business Planning Forthe Digital Libraryhazel Woodward -- History and background -- Types of e-book -- Business planning -- Acquiring e-books -- E-textbooks -- Open access -- Aggregator services -- Library consortia -- Usage data -- Delivering e-books -- Finding e-books -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- 8 Business Planning for E-Archivesdirk Kinnaes, Marc Nelissen, Luc Schokkaert and Mel Collier -- Introduction -- Business planning for e-archives -- Vision and mission -- Process and procedures -- Infrastructure -- Value proposition, finance and sustainability -- Staffing -- Risks -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- 9 Issues in Business Planningfor Archival Collections of web Materialspaul Koerbin -- The state of the art -- Introducing the subject.

What is web archiving? -- Who is involved? -- Approaches to web archiving -- Collaboration -- Example: the National Library of Australia's PANDORA Archive -- Special issues -- Legal issues -- Technical issues -- Ethical issues -- Infrastructure and management tools -- Cost benefits -- Business planning elements -- Strategic objectives -- Target users and access intentions -- Technologies and infrastructure -- Staffing resources and expertise -- Integration with other services -- Risk factors -- Sustainability and planning -- Prospects for the future -- Summary -- References -- 10 Organizing Digital Preservationbarbara Sierman -- How to preserve? -- What is digital preservation? -- Basic processes -- Organizational aspects -- Preservation policies -- Staff requirements -- Selection of digital material for the long term -- Managing the costs of digital preservation -- Costing elements -- The IT infrastructure for digital preservation -- Quality and standards -- Collaboration, national and international -- The eight rules of digital preservation? -- Summary -- References -- 11 Business Planning Fordigital Repositories Alma Swan -- State of the art -- Business planning -- Possible business models for repositories and related services -- Business analysis -- Making the business case for the repository -- Business scope and development -- Business management -- Cost/benefit -- Prospects -- Summary -- Bibliography and references -- 12 Problems of Multi-Linguality Genevieve Clavel-Merrin -- Introduction -- Data management and display -- Interface -- Controlled vocabularies -- Free text -- Translation of results -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- 13 Busines models for Open Acces publishing and their efect on the digital library David C. Prosser David C. Prosser -- Open access -- The economics of Green OA -- The economics of Gold OA.

Digital library as digital publisher -- A greater disruption? -- The future of the digital library -- Summary -- References -- Web resources -- 14 Digital Library Metadata stefan Gradmann -- Introduction -- State of the art -- Types of metadata -- Metadata interoperability -- Business planning for digital library metadata -- Prospects for the foreseeable future -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- Case Studies -- 15 Finelib: An Importantinfrastructure for Researchkristiina Hormia-Poutanen and Paula Mikkonen -- Activation and establishment of the FinELib Consortium'soperations -- Steering mechanism and strategy of theFinELib Consortium -- Acquisition process and principles -- FinELib is part of the national research infrastructure -- Scientific e-Resources have made life easier for Researchers -- Changes in the operational environment andcustomers' needs drive licensing -- Centralized acquisitions of online resourcesare cost-effective -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- 16 The Digital Library of Catalonialluís Anglada, Ángel Borrego and Núria Comellas -- The creation of the Digital Library of Catalonia -- Growth and evolution of the BDC -- Pricing models and cost sharing -- Consortial gains, usage and satisfaction -- Cooperation with other consortia -- Conclusion: strengths, weaknesses and future challenges -- Summary -- References -- 17 Digital Library Development In Thepublic Library Sector In Denmarkrolf Hapel -- The digital library in a public library context -- Definitions -- Rationale for Public Libraries -- Organizational framework for developing digital library services -- Elements of the digital public library in Denmark -- General Library Web Sites -- Enhancements of the OPAC -- Mobile Portals -- Digital Content -- bibliotek.dk -- Net Libraries -- Perspectives -- Summary -- References.

18 Digital Libraries for Culturalheritage: A Perspective Fromnew Zealandchern Li Liew -- Introduction -- Cultural heritage resources in the digital landscape -- Special issues -- Key elements of business planning for cultural heritage digital library -- Coordination of effort among cultural heritage institutions, governmental authorities, and other agencies -- Cultural intellectual property and rights management -- Consultation with the cultural heritage property owners and stakeholders -- Prospects -- Integration and sustainable infrastructure -- Representation and contextualisation of indigenous knowledge in its cultural and historical perspectives -- Integrity and trustworthiness -- Summary -- References -- 19 Apenet: A Model for Internet based Archival Discovery environments A ngelika Menne-Haritz -- Mission -- Approach -- The union finding aid at the centre -- The value proposition -- For the contributing archives -- For end users -- The presentation -- The structure of the union finding aid -- The content -- Redirecting users to the providing institutions -- The search possibilities -- The hierarchical approach -- Skimming or thumbing through the finding aids -- Searching with index terms -- The full text search -- Display of the results and relevance ranking -- Viewing the results -- The conversion engines -- Data management -- Sustainability planning -- Summary -- 20 The California Digital Library Gary s. Lawrence -- The Libraries of the University of California -- The California Digital Library -- Governance -- Programmes and services -- Business Case -- The Bottom Line: the University's return on investment in the CDL -- Summary -- References -- 21 The Oxford Digital Library Michael Popham -- A digital library at Oxford -- Business Planning -- Vision and mission -- The business case and users -- Technology and infrastructure -- Costing.

Anticipated income streams.