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The chapters are ordered to progress from policies and infrastructures, through considerations of interaction, access, and objects, to concrete system implementations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes by considering sustainability issues, in the broadest sense, necessary to maximise the availability and longevity of our digital cultural heritage. 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The editors argue that information architecture for libraries has largely been the study of content architecture, and on the other hand, library assessment literature has dealt with performance measurement and change management strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a gap in the middle for information services, with little on the ways of looking at the process architecture of a library and information service and on methods for business process analysis. \u003ci\u003eInformation Systems: Process and practice\u003c\/i\u003e aims to fill that gap with a combination of theory and supporting case studies written by an international line-up of contributors, including Sally Burford, Fernando Loizides, Catherine Burns, and Adam Euerby. 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