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Beyond Digital Incunabula: Modeling the Next Generation of Digital Libraries

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2006)

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This paper describes several incunabular assumptions that impose upon early digital libraries the limitations drawn from print, and argues for a design strategy aimed at providing customization and personalization services that go beyond the limiting models of print distribution, based on services and experiments developed for the Greco-Roman collections in the Perseus Digital Library. Three features fundamentally characterize a successful digital library design: finer granularity of collection objects, automated processes, and decentralized community contributions.

The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation provided primary support for this work under the Digital Library Initiative, Phase 2. Support from the Institute for Museum and Library Services also contributed substantially to this project.

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    Gregory Crane, David Bamman, Lisa Cerrato, Alison Jones, David Mimno, Adrian Packel, David Sculley & Gabriel Weaver

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Crane, G. et al. (2006). Beyond Digital Incunabula: Modeling the Next Generation of Digital Libraries. In: Gonzalo, J., Thanos, C., Verdejo, M.F., Carrasco, R.C. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11863878_30

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