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As the information environment becomes increasingly electronic, digital libraries have proliferated, but the focus has often been on innovations in technology and not the user. Although userneeds have become a popular concept, in practice the users are rarely consulted in the development of services. Research and analysis of users is essential to fine-tune the content and approach of digital libraries to the diverging requirements and expectations of incredibly varied communities and to ensure libraries are effective, accessible and sustainable in the long term. Providing a clear and coherent overview of the user studies domain and user issues in digital libraries this landmark edited text captures a truly global cross-section of leading voices.

Digital libraries -- Collection development. --- Digital libraries -- Use studies. --- Social Sciences --- Library & Information Science --- Digital libraries. --- Libraries --- Libraries and electronic publishing. --- Communication in learning and scholarship --- Special collections --- Electronic information resources. --- Technological innovations. --- Communication in scholarship --- Scholarly communication --- Electronic publishing and libraries --- Digital curation --- Digital media collections --- Digital media libraries --- Digital repositories --- Electronic libraries --- Electronic publication collections --- Electronic publication libraries --- Electronic text collections --- Repositories, Digital --- Virtual libraries --- Learning and scholarship --- Electronic publishing --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Web archives --- Electronic information resources --- Library research --- Information user --- Digital libraries --- Use studies. --- Collection development. --- Electronic collection development (Libraries) --- Electronic library collection development --- Collection development (Libraries) --- Library use studies