@article{cultural_dimensions_of_7f12,
  title = {Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part I: Theory and Methodological Framework for a Comparative Study of the Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries},
  author = {Dalbello, Marija},
  year = {2008},
  date = {2008/10},
  number = {4},
  pages = {355-395},
  journal = {Library Quarterly},
  volume = {78},
  abstract = {This study examines the influence of culture on digital libraries of the first wave. The local cultures of innovation of five European national libraries (Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library) are reconstructed in case histories from interviews with policy makers and developers of institutional digital libraries. The theories of culture and organizational rationality, social-choice systems, and strategies of organizational behavior helped articulate the framework for analysis. The study provides a historical foundation for understanding the processes of innovation in the earliest digital projects and digital libraries that resulted in an initial mass of digitized heritage material. Theory, methodology, institutional histories, and a summary of findings are presented here. Part \\{II\\} will present the foundational narratives of development--reconstructing the histories of digital initiatives in five European national libraries and their cultures of development.},
}


@article{cultural_dimensions_of_ce4f,
  title = {Cultural Dimensions of Digital Library Development, Part \\{II\\}: The Cultures of Innovation in Five European National Libraries},
  author = {Dalbello, Marija},
  year = {2009},
  date = {2009/01},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1-72},
  journal = {Library Quarterly},
  volume = {79},
  abstract = {This article presents the narrative accounts of the beginnings of digital library programs in five European national libraries: Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library. Based on interviews with policy makers and developers of digital libraries, this qualitative study examines the influence of culture and local practices during the first wave of development, between 1998 and 2002. The cultural dimension of digital library development is related to organizational structure, technology, and national context for each of the national digital library programs. The analysis identifies distinct models of development, institutionalization time lines, and a repertoire of constructivist approaches to digital library innovation in each of the national libraries. Part I presented institutional histories, methodology, and the theoretical framework guiding analysis and interpretation.},
}