Digital Library Futures: User Perspectives and Institutional Strategies / edited by Ingeborg Verheul, Anna Maria Tammaro, and Steve Witt.

Papers originally presented at a special one day conference entitled Digital Library Futures: User Perspectives and Institutional Strategies, which took place on August 25th, 2009 at the University of Milan in conjunction with the 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly.

Includes bibliographical references.

Welcome by the University of Milan, the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and IFLA / Elio Franzini, Maurizio Fallace, Claudia Lux -- Introduction to the conference theme / Patrice Landry -- The virtual scholar : the hard and evidential truth / David Nicholas -- Who are the users of digital libraries, what do they expect and want? : the Europeana experience / Daniel Teruggi -- A content analysis on the use of methods in online user research / Elke Greifeneder -- A pianist's use of the digitalized version of the Edvard Grieg Collection / Einar R ttingen -- When is a library not a library? / Susan Hazan -- To make a better digital library : some collaborative efforts in China / Zhu Qiang -- Strategies for institutions : responding to the digital challenge / Rossella Caffo -- Strategies for institutions : responding to the digital challenge : the world digital library perspective / John Van Oudenaeren -- Digital library futures : pressures on the publisher-librarian relation in the era of digital change / Herman P. Spruijt -- Closing address / Penny Carnaby -- Final summary / Anna Maria Tammaro -- Closure / Ellen Tise -- Biographies -- Photo impressions.

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