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CHICAGO — “,” published by and available through the , presents an expansive look at how rapid technological changes and the push for providing wide access to digitized cultural heritage holdings are changing the field. Edited by Milena Dobreva, this book provides a set of inspirational and informative chapters from international experts which will help readers understand the drivers for change in archives and their implications. Among the topics explored are:

• cultural institutions that are experimenting with sustainable business models for cultural production;
• the digitization of analog cultural heritage;
• intellectual property rights issues surrounding the re-use of digital objects and data for research, education, advocacy, and art;
• state-of-the-art solutions for building digital archives on networked infrastructure;
• trusted digital repositories for ensuring long-term access; and
• tools to serve emerging needs in digital humanities.

Dr. Dobreva is an Associate Professor at UCL Qatar where she is coordinating the MA in Library and Information Studies leading the introduction of four pathways in the program including a specialization on Archives, Records and Data Management. Previously she served as a Head of the Department of Library Information and Archive Sciences at the University of Malta spearheading the redesign and expansion of the departmental portfolio, and as the Founding Head of the first Digitization Center in Bulgaria where she was also a member on the Executive Board of the National Commission of UNESCO. Milena is a member of the editorial board of the IFLA Journal, and of the International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL) and is the co-editor of “.”

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