Building a digital library: the Perseus project as a case study in the humanities

ABSTRACT

This paper outlines some of our preliminary findings in the Perseus Project, an on-going digital library on ancient Greek culture that has been under development since 1987.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.6 Library Automation
          Subjects: Large text archives

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation
          Subjects: Hypertext/hypermedia

  J. Computer Applications
  J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
      Subjects: Literature

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Human Factors