Academic Publishing

There are hundreds of extensive and ambitious archive digitisation projects taking place across the world today – all with the aim of getting primary research into the hands of millions more people, whilst building a permanent record of academic literature to drive the advancement of ideas for generations to come. None of this would be feasible without the close and ongoing collaboration of libraries, publishers, academic bodies and governments worldwide. And it’s an activity that shows no signs of slowing down.

For researchers around the world, the importance of drawing from past scholarship to inform future discovery is growing. We talked with librarians about how integral digital archives are to their institutions today.