Analysis of a Case: Solutions to Challenges Facing a University Digital Library and Press

نویسندگان

  • Michael P. D'Alessandro
  • Jeffrey R. Galvin
  • Stephana I. Colbert
  • Donna M. D'Alessandro
  • Teresa A. Choi
  • Brian D. Aker
  • William S. Carlson
  • Gay D. Pelzer
چکیده

During the creation of a university digital library and press intended to serve as a medical reference and education tool for health care providers and their patients, six distinct and complex digital publishing challenges were encountered. Over nine years, through a multidisciplinary approach, solutions were devised to the challenges of digital content ownership, management, mirroring, translation, interactions with users, and archiving. The result is a unique, author-owned, internationally mirrored, university digital library and press that serves as an authoritative medical reference and education tool for users around the world. The purpose of this paper is to share the valuable digital publishing lessons learned and outline the challenges facing university digital libraries and presses.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

دوره 7 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000