Chapter 0 · Front matter and Preface
Combines preservation, self-publication, multimedia storage, and interdisciplinary commons reference.
Printed pages ix · direct · digital library and repository · evidence in front matter
PC-0083 · generation 0 · Commons Projects
Digital Library of the Commons
Combines preservation, self-publication, multimedia storage, and interdisciplinary commons reference.
digital library and repositoryepistemic repositorydisciplinary digital libraryBook evidenceChecked 2026-07-28
At a glance
- Directory scope
- Commons Projects
- Candidate tier
- Core candidate
- Role in the book
- direct
- Book portrayal
- operating at book date
- Book evidence
- Ch. 0, pp. ix | Ch. 1, pp. 23 | Ch. 2, pp. 31 | Ch. 3, pp. 59, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 98, 119
- Current verification
- Active · checked 2026-07-28
Current evidence state
Active. The repository and its about page are online; Indiana University Libraries' 2026 guide describes it as a freely available gateway to commons literature.
Current home
Operator or parent
Indiana University Libraries and the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Verification basis · HIGH · checked 2026-07-28
Commons anatomy
What kind of work is this?
digital library and repository, epistemic repository, disciplinary digital library
What did it provide?
Combines preservation, self-publication, multimedia storage, and interdisciplinary commons reference. Host library for the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons. Digital commons library linked to the IASCP archives. Staff-mediated interdisciplinary repository for commons scholarship. Interdisciplinary commons research repository.
Governance and sustainability
Indiana University Libraries and the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University is recorded as the current operator or parent.
Preservation
The book record contains archive, library, repository, or preservation-relevant language. A current preservation endpoint remains an open field awaiting direct source evidence.
As documented in the book
This section presents source-grounded summaries with the book’s chapter and pagination. Present-day status appears in its own evidence layer.
Chapter 1 · Introduction: An Overview of the Knowledge Commons
Host library for the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons.
Printed pages 23 · direct · digital library and repository · evidence in reference
Chapter 2 · The Growth of the Commons Paradigm
Digital commons library linked to the IASCP archives.
Printed pages 31 · direct · digital library and repository · evidence in narrative
Chapter 3 · A Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons
Staff-mediated interdisciplinary repository for commons scholarship.
Printed pages 59, 70 · direct · epistemic repository · evidence in narrative
Chapter 4 · Countering Enclosure: Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons
Interdisciplinary commons research repository.
Printed pages 98, 119 · direct · disciplinary digital library · evidence in narrative
Sources and pointers
- Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice ↗Generation-0 source · Ch. 0, pp. ix | Ch. 1, pp. 23 | Ch. 2, pp. 31 | Ch. 3, pp. 59, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 98, 119
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu ↗Exact book-printed pointer. Historical layer.
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu ↗Exact book-printed pointer. Historical layer.
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/info/aboutcommons.html ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
- www.guides.libraries.indiana.edu/c.php ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
- www.ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/library/index.html ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
Related by book type
This generated list uses the shared normalized book type digital library and repository. It does not yet assert a sourced project-to-project relationship.
This record currently has an open connection field.