definitioner på digital libraries.

I Chowdhury og Chowdhury. Introduction to digital libraries: tilllægges Greenstein (2000) følgende udtaltelse om digitiale bibliotekers formål:
"defining charcteristics of digital libraries is that they facilitate access to collections that they do not own." (p.268)
Samme bog:
Machionini (2000) om formålet med at evaluere digitale biblioteker:
"...is to assess the impact of digital libraries on their patrons' lives and the larger social milieu" p. 269.