Chapter 0 · Front matter and Preface
Combines preservation, self-publication, multimedia storage, and interdisciplinary commons reference.
Printed pages ix · Direct subject · digital library and repository · listed in the front matter
PC-0083 · Commons project
Digital Library of the Commons
Combines preservation, self-publication, multimedia storage, and interdisciplinary commons reference.
digital library and repositoryepistemic repositorydisciplinary digital libraryDocumented in the bookChecked 2026-07-28
About this project
- Directory status
- Main directory record
- How the book uses it
- Direct subject
- Status in the book
- operating at book date
- Book citation
- Ch. 0, pp. ix | Ch. 1, pp. 23 | Ch. 2, pp. 31 | Ch. 3, pp. 59, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 98, 119
- Last checked
- Active · 2026-07-28
Current status
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
Responsible organization
Indiana University Libraries and the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Last checked 2026-07-28 · High confidence
What this record includes
Type of project
digital library and repository, epistemic repository, disciplinary digital library
Work described in the book
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.
Responsible organization
Indiana University Libraries and the Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Long-term access
The book describes archive, library, repository, or preservation work. A present-day preservation link has not yet been confirmed.
Book source
This section summarizes what the book says and gives its chapter and printed pages. Present-day updates appear separately above.
Chapter 1 · Introduction: An Overview of the Knowledge Commons
Host library for the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons.
Printed pages 23 · Direct subject · digital library and repository · listed in the references
Chapter 2 · The Growth of the Commons Paradigm
Digital commons library linked to the IASCP archives.
Printed pages 31 · Direct subject · digital library and repository · described in the main text
Chapter 3 · A Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons
Staff-mediated interdisciplinary repository for commons scholarship.
Printed pages 59, 70 · Direct subject · epistemic repository · described in the main text
Chapter 4 · Countering Enclosure: Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons
Interdisciplinary commons research repository.
Printed pages 98, 119 · Direct subject · disciplinary digital library · described in the main text
Sources and links
- Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice ↗Book 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 ↗Link printed in the book.
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu ↗Link printed in the book.
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu ↗Source for present-day information · checked 2026-07-28
- www.dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/info/aboutcommons.html ↗Source for present-day information · checked 2026-07-28
- www.guides.libraries.indiana.edu/c.php ↗Source for present-day information · checked 2026-07-28
- www.ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/library/index.html ↗Source for present-day information · checked 2026-07-28
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