Building a cyberinfrastructure for the humanities

Author: Cantara, Linda

Source: OCLC Systems & Services, Volume 20, Number 4, 2004 , pp. 167-169(3)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

This article discusses the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and its potential impact on the development of enhanced digital libraries in the humanities. It focuses on the problems inherent in creating the technological environment needed by humanities scholars and the tools required to build, repurpose, and interact with digital libraries in the humanities.

Keywords: Digital libraries; Education; Society

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/10650750410564664

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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/mcb/164/2004/00000020/00000004/art00007
http://openurl.ingenta.com/content?genre=article&issn=1065-075X&volume=20&issue=4&spage=167&epage=169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750410564664