Abstract
The Sapienza Digital Library (SDL) was released in December 2013 as result of a research project undertaken by Sapienza University
of Rome and the Cineca consortium, since 2011. The digital library has been collecting materials coming from different
kind of organizations including departments, libraries, and archives, belonging or donated to Sapienza University. The main result
of the project was the development of an information framework supporting multidisciplinary organizations in managing digital
materials, maintaining scientific, organizational and operational responsibilities. The technical solution adopted has found a tradeoff
between the standardization of the digital processes and products, and the preservation of the scientific materials’ peculiarities.
The automatic standard translation, and the enrichment of the digital resource’s metadata have reached the main goal of providing
digital resources with the essential information necessary to their management in different technological contexts. The reuse of
the digital information and contents, in different application contexts, has converted the holistic vision of a digital library in the
implementation of an information infrastructure, setting the foundation for the long-term access and usability of its digital