Building the Interspace: Digital Library Infrastructure for a University Engineering Community

该项目构建了一个数字图书馆试验台，并进行了基础研究，解决了大型数字馆藏的可扩展组织问题。试验台包含一个数字集合，其中包含结构化SGML格式的工程文献中的期刊和杂志，以及从商业和专业出版商那里获得的图片材料。相关信息系统最初以NCSA马赛克为中心，用于文档显示和其他资源的网络访问。基础研究包括试验床能力、使用和使用模式的技术和社会方面，包括：社会学分析(包括人种学观察、调查和其他工具)；对一系列问题的经济学研究。这些努力的一个总体目标是能够设计和分析能够扩展到超大型系统的数字图书馆基础设施。

This project constructs a digital library testbed and pursues fundamental research addressing the scalable organization of large digital collections. The testbed contains a digital collection containing journals and magazines in the engineering literature in structured SGML format plus pictorial materials obtained from commercial and professional publishers. The associated information systems initially centers about NCSA Mosaic for document display and network access of other resources. Basic research encompasses both technical and social aspects of the testbed capabilities, usage and usage patters including: sociological analysis (including ethnographic observation, surveys and other instruments); economics research over a range of issues. A general goal of the efforts is to enable the design and analysis for digital libraries infrastructure capable of scaling to very large systems.