Report of the First Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries - VLDL2008

In today's information society the demand for Digital Li-braries is changing. The implementation of nowadays Dig-ital Libraries is more demanding than in the past. Information consumers are facing with the need to have access and elaborate over an ever growing and heterogeneous information space while information providers are interested in satisfying such needs by providing rich and organised views over such information deluge. Because of their fundamental role of information production and dissemination vehicle, Digital Libraries are also expected to provide information society with services that must be available 24/7 and guar¬antee the expected quality of service. This scenario leads to the development of Large-Scale Digital Library Systems in terms of distribution, integration and provision of services, information objects, end-users and policies of use.