Value Lenses
- Utility value: the value expressed and the benefits directly gained by people through active use of the digital resource now or sometime in the future;
- Education value: the value expressed and the benefits directly gained by people from their own or others’ ability to learn and gain knowledge (formally or informally) from a digital resource;
- Community value: the value expressed and the benefits directly gained by people from the experience of being part of a community engaging with or afforded by, a digital resource;
- Existence and/or Prestige value: the value expressed and the benefits people derive from knowing that a digital resource exists and is cherished by a community, regardless of use or non-use of the resource;
- Inheritance/Legacy value: the value expressed and the benefits derived by people from the ability to pass forward or receive digital resources between generations and communities, such as the satisfaction that their descendants and other members of the community will in the future be able to enjoy a digital resource if they so choose.