Online availability, impact and sustainability of digital papyrological resources

Abstract

This article discusses opportunities and current issues of digital approaches for papyrology. It seeks to determine whether good practice is adopted throughout the development of the projects, thereby allowing use, reuse and sustainability over the long term, hence ongoing usefulness and usability, while suggesting possible improvements. I shall reflect on how the growth and evolution of digital content and tools, which rely on novel ways of representing and sharing primary sources, analysis and interpretation, with their various purposes and audiences, is assisting the papyrologist's work with new modes of research practices and of scholarly communication.