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O resursă digitală pentru sociologia românească: Biblioteca Virtuală de Sociologie
A Digital Resource for Romanian Sociology: The Virtual Library of Sociology

Author(s): Eugen Glăvan
Subject(s): History and theory of sociology
Published by: Editura Eikon
Keywords: digital library; Romanian sociology; web usage statistics; communication technologies;

Summary/Abstract: The capacity of storing existing materials and the ever rising editorial production is one of the contemporary challenges of academic and educational institutions. Also, the ability to disseminate structured content information using interoperability standards facilitates the discovery of resources. This fact is very important given the context of extreme abundance of information, specific to digital societies. In this article, we will present an initiative of the Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, which aims at digitalizing the relevant Romanian sociological publications. The context, the web platform architecture and the main indicators of the use of the available resources, as well as the development plans, will be discussed. Thus, through ensuring the free access to books and studies, the Virtual Library of Sociology contributes to the consolidation of the Romanian sociological community.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 01+02
  • Page Range: 157-162
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian