Investigation and Analysis on the Service of Center for Digital Scholarship in American Academic Libraries

  • Zeng Yueliang
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Received date: 2017-06-08

  Online published: 2017-09-21

Abstract

Digital scholarship is one of the innovative services offered by academic libraries in recent years to support the scholarly and research, and the center for digital scholarship(CDS) is the best platform to carry out related services. This paper investigates the services offered by the CDS in 16 American academic libraries, analyzes the service mode from the perspective of service goal, team, programs and tools. To standardize the ways and enhance the quality of digital scholarship services, the academic libraries in China are supposed to build dedicated CDS and clear its mission, establish a professional team and clear the division of labor, develop useful programs and forms of service according to the needs of researchers, strengthen cooperation with relevant departments across and outside the university to ensure resources and technical support.

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Zeng Yueliang . Investigation and Analysis on the Service of Center for Digital Scholarship in American Academic Libraries[J]. Library & Information, 2017 , 37(04) : 25 -33 . DOI: 10.11968/tsyqb.1003-6938.2017069

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