The Development of a Distributed Digital Library of Mathematical Monographs

该项目将创建一个重要的数学历史专著的分布式储存库。这三个机构的参与意义重大，不仅因为它们在建设数字图书馆方面的开创性工作，而且还因为它们在这一专题领域的非凡收藏。密歇根州将从其收藏中贡献1,000卷专注于非欧几里德几何的专著；康奈尔大学已经将576卷数学专著数字化，并将生成OCR以改进对其材料的获取。哥廷根州立大学图书馆将提供电子数学档案馆和“Jahrbuch uber die Forschritte der Mahematik”数据库的数字化专著、论文和多卷著作，该数据库由德国基金会资助。它的藏品在这一领域被认为是无与伦比的。申请的这些资金将主要用于与这些机构的三个强大的数字图书馆系统建立互操作性。在这样做的过程中，与会者将侧重于推进数字图书馆的许多核心问题，包括分布式储存库和数字资源的整合、先进的访问和检索、高度的互操作性以及传播和使用的模式。

The project will create a distributed repository of significant historical monographs in mathematics. The participation of these three institutions is significant not only because of their pioneering work in building digital libraries, but also because of their extraordinary collections in this topical area. Michigan will contribute 1,000 monographic volumes focusing on non-Euclidean geometry from its collection; Cornell has digitized 576 volumes of mathematical monographs, and will generate OCR to enhance access to their materials. The State and University Library Gottingen will contribute digitized monographs, dissertations and multivolume works of the electronic Mathematical Archive and the database "Jahrbuch uber die Forschritte der Mathematik", funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Its collections are regarded as unparalleled in this area. These funding requested will be used primarily to develop an interoperability layer with the three strong digital library systems at these institutions. In doing so, the participants will focus on many of the issues central to the advancement of digital libraries, including distributed repositories and integration of digital resources, advanced access and retrieval, high levels of interoperability, and models for dissemination and use.