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Libraries, Digital Libraries, and Data: Forty years, Four Challenges
Christine L. Borgman
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Libraries, Digital Libraries, and Data: Forty years, Four Challenges
"Digital libraries" is an umbrella term that encompasses the automation of library services, online catalogs, information retrieval systems, multi-media databases, data archives, and other internet-facing collections of digital resources. Clifford Lynch has played pivotal roles in the technical development, institutionalization, policy, practice, and dissemination of digital libraries for more than 40 years. Beginning with his foundational role in building MELVYL for the University of Californi…