Digital repositories of scientific information at the Croatian universities: Developing the bridge towards e-science

The paper presents findings from the nationwide research about the current state of development of scientific digital repositories in the Croatian academic libraries. Although digital repositories of scientific information have become popular information resources in scientific community, only a small number of the Croatian academic libraries have such a digital repository active. The quantity of scientific content in libraries is sufficient for starting digital repositories; however libraries still don´t have adequate financial, technical and political support at their universities. Libraries are well aware of these problems and are prepared to improve current conditions regarding development of these important information systems.