Professional paper
THE INFLUENCE OF NETWORKED SOCIETY ONTO LIBRARIES – DIGITALIZATION OF LIBRARY ARCHIVES
Ivica Skoko
orcid.org/0000-0002-1620-1945
; The Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar
Silvana Marić Tokić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9657-3425
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Sanja Ledić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2614-4048
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Abstract
With the technological development and having entered the global age we are faced with a need
to change the libraries too, libraries as the pillars of the society. Considering the changes in the
information, communication and above all technological sphere there was a need for the libraries
for a quick adjustment to the new ways of working. Digitalization of library archives, which is
discussed in this paper, is a long and financially and professionally engaging process that is supposed
to contribute to the efficiency of the libraries, help the users, advance information knowledge and
prompt a number of other factors. Through the digitalization process the scientific community, as well as society as a whole, would have a larger information access, meaning possibility of acquiring
more knowledge. In order to speak of the digitalization process and its advantages, we should first differenciate between the terms like digital library, hybrid library and electronic library, which
this paper offers an overview of. Without the help of governments, international organizations and various other sponsors libraries cannot become an important factor in culture, education, science
and overal development. Looking through the overview of historical development of the digital libraries, we can notice that it is mostly 20th ct. works that are digitalized. One of the reasons is
the copyright that prevents digitalization of the 20th and 21st ct. works without the author’s consent. The paper enumerates a number of advantages of the digitalization of library archives like
intelectual content protection, smaller mechanical damages, space saving, larger access to the materials, frequency of usage of the archives,etc. According to a number of experts, the authors of this
paper state the elements that should be taken into consideration in order to digitalize the archives.
Orphan works, works without an author, are the largest problem in the digitalization process and
the process of making digital libraries. A directive made at the level of EU is still not implemented
although it would contribute to the digitalization process and availability of such works. A part of
this paper is also about the term e-book, its etymology, definition, advantages and disadvantages,
as well as about formal and intelectual properties of an e-book.
The reseach part of the paper focuses onto three large digitalization processes in the world: Gutenberg project, Million Book and Google Books. These projects initiated the project of mass digitalization of the library archives. The motiv of these projects was to enable the users to have access to
the archives and information.
Keywords
digital library; orphan works; copyright; e-book; e-materials; mass digitalization.
Hrčak ID:
251945
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Publication date:
27.1.2021.
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