G. Buchanan
Representing aggregate works in the digital library
Buchanan, G.; Gow, J.; Blandford, A.; Rimmer, J.; Warwick, C.
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E. Rasmussen
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R. R. Larson
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E. Toms
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S. Sugimoto
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Abstract
This paper studies the challenge of representing aggregate works such as encyclopedias, collected poems and journals in heterogenous digital library collections. Reflecting on the materials used by humanities academics, we demonstrate the varied range of aggregate types and the problems of faithfully representing this in the DL interface. Aggregates are complex and pervasive, challenge common assumptions and confuse boundaries within organisational structures. Existing DL systems can only provide imperfect representation of aggregates, and alterations to document encoding are insufficient to create a faithful reproduction of the physical library. The challenge is amplified through concrete examples, and solutions are demonstrated in a well-known DL system and related to standard DL architecture.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (Published) |
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Conference Name | Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-23, 2007 : building & sustaining the digital environment: JCDL 2007. |
Publication Date | Jun 18, 2007 |
Deposit Date | Sep 5, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 23, 2014 |
Pages | 247-256 |
Book Title | JCDL 2007 : proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE joint conference on digital libraries : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-23, 2007 : building and sustaining the digital environment . |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/1255175.1255224 |
Keywords | Digital libraries, Architecture, Aggregate documents. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1155668 |
Related Public URLs | http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/15625/ |
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© 2007 ACM. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, 2007, pp. 247-256, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1255175.1255224.
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