About Our SIG
Welcome to the Special Interest Group in Digital Libraries (SIG-DL). We are a special interest group of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
SIG-DL provides a forum for discussion about research, development, and use of digital libraries in corporate, academic, and public contexts.
It is concerned with all aspects of digital library design and implementation including:
- copyright issues
- networked infrastructures
- interoperability of distributed databases
- database management
- policies and standards in relation to the digitization of material
- metadata
- preservation
- providing electronic access and authentication
- software, hardware, and peopleware
- project management
SIG-DL also works to facilitate increased international, interdisciplinary and inter-societal collaboration focusing on digital libraries and related issues.
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Publications & Resources
For more information on the SIG, our meetings, and our history, please visit this page.
How to Join
To be a member, one first needs to be a member of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). When completing the Membership Application Form, select the special interest group (SIG) of your choice.
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Here is why you should join ASIS&T and SIG-DL:
- Participate in an international community of scholars and practitioners in digital libraries
- Join ongoing discussions of issues currently affecting digital libraries
- See job postings related to digital libraries and information science positions
- Access pre-publication results of research from digital library initiatives
- Receive conference and event announcements, and subscriptions to the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology and the Bulletin of ASIS&T
- Access to other publications of the Society, including conference proceedings