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

该项目构建了一个数字图书馆测试平台，并对大型数字馆藏的可扩展组织进行基础研究。测试平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获得的图像材料。相关的信息系统最初以NCSA马赛克为中心，用于文件显示和其他资源的网络访问。基础研究包括技术和社会两方面的试验台能力、使用情况和使用模式，包括：社会学分析（包括人种学观察、调查和其他工具）；经济学对一系列问题进行研究。这些努力的总体目标是使数字图书馆基础设施的设计和分析能够扩展到非常大的系统。

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.