Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries

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contents Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries Dalbello, Marija Innovation Government Libraries Electronic Libraries Foreign Countries Comparative Analysis Library Development Comparative Education Cultural Influences Institutional Characteristics Organizational Theories Organizational Change Library Research Interviews Case Studies Historical Interpretation This study examines the influence of culture on digital libraries of the first wave. The local cultures of innovation of five European national libraries (Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library) are reconstructed in case histories from interviews with policy makers and developers of institutional digital libraries. The theories of culture and organizational rationality, social-choice systems, and strategies of organizational behavior helped articulate the framework for analysis. The study provides a historical foundation for understanding the processes of innovation in the earliest digital projects and digital libraries that resulted in an initial mass of digitized heritage material. Theory, methodology, institutional histories, and a summary of findings are presented here. Part II will present the foundational narratives of development--reconstructing the histories of digital initiatives in five European national libraries and their cultures of development. [For Part II, see EJ858561.]
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spellingShingle Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries
Dalbello, Marija
Innovation
Government Libraries
Electronic Libraries
Foreign Countries
Comparative Analysis
Library Development
Comparative Education
Cultural Influences
Institutional Characteristics
Organizational Theories
Organizational Change
Library Research
Interviews
Case Studies
Historical Interpretation
Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries Dalbello, Marija Innovation Government Libraries Electronic Libraries Foreign Countries Comparative Analysis Library Development Comparative Education Cultural Influences Institutional Characteristics Organizational Theories Organizational Change Library Research Interviews Case Studies Historical Interpretation This study examines the influence of culture on digital libraries of the first wave. The local cultures of innovation of five European national libraries (Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library) are reconstructed in case histories from interviews with policy makers and developers of institutional digital libraries. The theories of culture and organizational rationality, social-choice systems, and strategies of organizational behavior helped articulate the framework for analysis. The study provides a historical foundation for understanding the processes of innovation in the earliest digital projects and digital libraries that resulted in an initial mass of digitized heritage material. Theory, methodology, institutional histories, and a summary of findings are presented here. Part II will present the foundational narratives of development--reconstructing the histories of digital initiatives in five European national libraries and their cultures of development. [For Part II, see EJ858561.]
title Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries
topic Innovation
Government Libraries
Electronic Libraries
Foreign Countries
Comparative Analysis
Library Development
Comparative Education
Cultural Influences
Institutional Characteristics
Organizational Theories
Organizational Change
Library Research
Interviews
Case Studies
Historical Interpretation
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ875988