Public libraries in Croatia and the digitization challenge.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the current state of digitization and digital collection development in public libraries in Croatia. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on an online survey of public libraries in Croatia on digital collection development and digitizati...
| Publicado en: | Library Review Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 325 - 341 |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
Aug2010
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