Preface

Academic libraries traditionally contain collections of scientific research in support of higher education institutions' research and education and allow easy retrieval of the information by anyone interested. For several centuries, the collections contained in academic libraries consisted of almost entirely physical materials, be it in the form of books, manuscripts, articles, and so on. However, since the twenty-first century, digital material has been vastly outgrowing the traditional information resources of libraries, thereby shifting the focus of academic libraries from collection development to information access and digital resources. At the same time, this digital transformation opens numerous avenues for exploring and using information, and hence for supporting and advancing Open Science.

This book explores the process and procedures of digitization as well as the potential of using interactive applications in digital libraries, thereby raising possibilities to open scientific research to the world. Open Science, that is, the practice of science in such a way that others can collaborate and contribute under terms that enable reuse, redistribution, and reproduction of the research and its underlying data and methods, has greatly transformed digital libraries. As such, this book also provides an overview of the principles and practices of Open Access publishing, followed by a particular focus on Open Access books. it also describes how FAIR and Open metadata can act as leverage for digital libraries. The book concludes with a chapter on the possibilities of academic libraries to stimulate Open Education by means of supporting the development of collaborative and interactive open learning platforms.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the co-authors who contributed to this book.

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An Educational Project Based on a Digital Library of Filmed Courses

*by Carlos Luna, Clara Raimondi and Fernando Carpani*

#### **Sadia Vancauwenbergh**

Data Science Institute, Hasselt University, ECOOM-Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium

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Section 1

Digitisation and Interactive

Applications in Digital

Libraries

## Section 1
