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International Information & Library Review
Creating a future for the past is the challenge of the millennium, knowing and accepting everyon... more Creating a future for the past is the challenge of the millennium, knowing and accepting everyone’s
uniqueness and value, putting all the difference together to create, innovate, develop and progress. This paper
will put forward digitized special collections and the act of international collaboration undertaken by heritage
institutions in order to ensure the preservation and the availability of their historical treasures in the local and
global culture. This paper is based on the authors’ research that was delivered as a Master’s thesis in June
2012. The research objectives aimed at identifying the advantages and disadvantages of international
collaboration for the participant library, determining the level of awareness of the local community of
researchers and examining the impact of participation in collaborative digital libraries of manuscripts.
Therefore, Manuscriptorium Digital Library was considered to be the most comprehensive, easy accessible,
virtual research environment and it was chosen to be analyzed in the context of the European research
community. The findings described the act of international collaboration as beneficial to the local institutions
and offered five perspectives on international collaboration from the perspective on communities and activities,
content and location, management. The overall conclusion of this research is that international collaboration
can be defined a structured mix of institutions grouped around an idea - an idea that is supported by certain
activities, tasks and level of involvement. Lastly, three roles were identified: the aggregator, the active
participant and the passive participant, all adding value to the collaborative act in the digital age.
International Information & Library Review
Creating a future for the past is the challenge of the millennium, knowing and accepting everyon... more Creating a future for the past is the challenge of the millennium, knowing and accepting everyone’s
uniqueness and value, putting all the difference together to create, innovate, develop and progress. This paper
will put forward digitized special collections and the act of international collaboration undertaken by heritage
institutions in order to ensure the preservation and the availability of their historical treasures in the local and
global culture. This paper is based on the authors’ research that was delivered as a Master’s thesis in June
2012. The research objectives aimed at identifying the advantages and disadvantages of international
collaboration for the participant library, determining the level of awareness of the local community of
researchers and examining the impact of participation in collaborative digital libraries of manuscripts.
Therefore, Manuscriptorium Digital Library was considered to be the most comprehensive, easy accessible,
virtual research environment and it was chosen to be analyzed in the context of the European research
community. The findings described the act of international collaboration as beneficial to the local institutions
and offered five perspectives on international collaboration from the perspective on communities and activities,
content and location, management. The overall conclusion of this research is that international collaboration
can be defined a structured mix of institutions grouped around an idea - an idea that is supported by certain
activities, tasks and level of involvement. Lastly, three roles were identified: the aggregator, the active
participant and the passive participant, all adding value to the collaborative act in the digital age.