Creating the World’s First Entirely Open Access Library in Religious Studies: Introducing the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL)

Phillips et al talk about the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL), the world's first fully open access library powered by the cataloging, search, discovery, and retrieval capacity of OCLC's World Share (WMS). The mission of OADTL, as operated by the non-profit Digital Theologic...

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Published inTheological librarianship Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 1
Main Authors Phillips, Thomas E, Hidalgo, Ann, Baker, Drew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Theological Library Association 01.10.2018
Subjects
Integrated library systems-ILS
Open access
Religious education
Religious libraries
Religious studies
Service introduction
Theology
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Summary:Phillips et al talk about the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL), the world's first fully open access library powered by the cataloging, search, discovery, and retrieval capacity of OCLC's World Share (WMS). The mission of OADTL, as operated by the non-profit Digital Theological Library, is to make all open access content in religious studies and related fields discoverable and free for everyone, everywhere through a single search experience in a non-commercial environment. The OADTL is web-based and uses an Integrated Library System (ILS) to curate and deliver its collections.
ISSN:1937-8904
1937-8904