Digital Collections of the Sabancı University Information Center

Abstract(s)

Digital collections are one of the most important aspects of the information world today. Sabancı University Information Center is a four year old young institution. Its motto is to access versus ownership to information and resources. This philosophy has been taken into consideration during the planning and development of collections. The following collections have been developed and organized under the umbrella "Digital Collections" such as: E-Journal, E-Book, E-Thesis, E-Lit, E-Reserve, Digital Album of University construction photos, Slide Collection, Newspaper Clipping of University History Collection and Table of Contents of Books. This paper explains steps of the activities during the development and organization of digital collections, state of art, problems faced and projects of the Sabancı University Information Center planned for the future.