I wouldn't say any points from lecture were particularly "muddy," but certain things did surprise me. For example, I was disappointed to hear that there's not much funding these days for digital library development from the government; I would have hoped that such funding would be ongoing, given how very much printed material there is to put online.
In lecture we also heard a bit more about the aspect of "community" that I had questioned in the paper I wrote last week. It seems that community is considered a central starting-point for digital library development: you start with the society you want to serve, and develop everything according to that community's social, economic, and legal issues. The lecture helped me understand a few of the questions I raised about the necessity of developing a DL for a specific community, but I still wonder whether it's always essential.
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hi, Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteI agree with your definitions of "community". Community is more like user groups to a digital library. And digital libraries provide services to these groups. Also digital libraries are communities so they have to consider the community's social, economic and legal issues.
I am not sure my understanding is right or not. But I hope that can be helpful for you.