When people are asked to think of very large information sources, these days the answer most commonly heard is the World Wide Web. Yet the Web does not answer charges to organize, validate and curate its information to yield knowledge useful for an information seeker.rnManagers of library systems, who have accepted these charges, have grown to meet this demand, scaling up library management systems to the very large. Very large digital libraries must maintain their quality of service in organizing and curating their data, as well as deal with the myriad technical issues that face large scale systems.rnRecognizing the growing importance of these challenges, this issue of the International Journal of Digital Libraries gathers seven articles that showcase fielded solutions to these technical and organizational challenges, comprising of both invited submissions from well-established digital library centers and rigorously peer-reviewed submissions.
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