Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections

摘要

Digitisation is among those activities that are on the top of national and international priorities. As a result huge investments are put in to digitisation initiatives. Surprisingly, the issue of benefits and effects of digitisation on the target audiences of digital collections has been put aside for a long time. One reason for this might be an overwhelming belief in the intrinsic value of heritage collections, so a positive effect is considered a natural result of digitising valuable cultural and research resources.