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DLF documents

and promotes

strategies for

building sustainable,

scalable digital

collections, and

encourages the

development of

new collections

and related

services.

DLF identifies,

documents, and

endorses standards

and best practices

that support the

effective creation,

interchange,

re-use, and

persistence of

digital library

objects.

DLF focuses on

practical initiatives

and research in

under-served

areas of digital

preservation, and

is committed to

long-term access

to the digital

intellectual and

scholarly record.

DLF encourages

initiatives that

assess and

explain patterns

of digital library

usage, to help

libraries build

better-informed,

more useable,

collections and

services.

DLF defines and

and develops

prototypes for

digital library

architectures,

systems, and

system components,

communicates

important technical

trends, and

encourages

technology

transfer and

information sharing.

DLF Services Framework Working Group

Peter Brantley, California Digital Library

Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC, Chair

Dale Flecker, Harvard University

Geneva Henry, Rice University and DLF Distinguished Fellow

Brian Lavoie, OCLC

Krisellen Maloney, Library of Congress

Andy Powell, EduServ UK

David Seaman, DLF

MacKenzie Smith, MIT

DLF Services Framework

News: Geneva Henry named DLF Distinguished Fellow to develop Services Framework. more >>

The research library is undergoing foundational change. Recent years have seen major advances in the understanding of service needs and systems to support them. However, the research library community has not yet transitioned to a shared understanding of how a library and its services are organized in an increasingly networked environment.

In response to this need, DLF established the DLF Services Framework Working Group in November 2004. A brief report of their work through May 2005 is available in HTML or PDF format. Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, prepared a PowerPoint presentation for the DLF Steering Committee, which can be viewed from this link.

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Last updated: Tuesday, July 19, 2022