Includes bibliographical references and index.

Digital library economics: the environment / David Baker and Wendy Evans -- Digital library economics: the key themes / David Baker and Wendy Evans -- A history of digital library economics / Reg Carr -- Digital library economics: aspects and prospects / Derek Law -- Journal publishing: implications for a digital library policy / Robert Campbell and Edward Wates -- Hybrid library management / Jean Sykes -- Digital library economics: international perspectives -- I. The Australian perspective / Warwick Cathro -- II. The German perspective / Rafael Ball -- III. The Dutch perspective / Bas Savenije -- E-journals and e-books / Hazel Woodward and Fytton Rowland -- Digitisation - trends in the economics of retro-conversion / Stuart Dempster and Catherine Grout -- To be or not to be: prospects for document supply in the digital library / Mike McGrath -- Cost-effective decision-making in collection building / Lorraine Estelle -- Spinning the disks - lessons from the circus / John Robinson -- The CREE project: a case study on the novel delivery of search-related library services and its economic implications / Chris Awre and CREE staff at the University of Hull -- The economics of copyright / Hugh Look and Alicia Wise -- The economic future for digital libraries: a 2020 vision / Simon Tanner.

This text covers all key aspects of the management and development of the digital library from an economic viewpoint. It provides an overview of the current and likely future position with regard to the economics of digital library management and development, and describes the key conceptual aspects.