Beyond Digital Incunabula: Modeling the Next Generation of Digital Libraries

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.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ERCIMDL
• Authors: Gregory Crane, David Bamman, Lisa Cerrato, Alison Jones, David M. Mimno, Adrian Packel, David Sculley, Gabriel Weaver
• Keywords: Digital Library, Early Digital Libraries, Education, ERCIMDL 2006, Perseus Digital Library