Buchanan, G and Gow, J and Blandford, A and Rimmer, J and Warwick, C (2006) Representing aggregate works in the digital library. In: Gonzalo, J and Thanos, C and Verdejo, MF and Carrasco, RC, (eds.) UNSPECIFIED (532 - 535). SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
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Abstract
This paper studies the challenge of representing aggregate works such as encyclopaedia, collected poems and journals in digital libraries. Reflecting on materials used by humanities academics, it demonstrates the complex range of aggregate types and the problems of representing this heterogeneity in the digital library interface. We demonstrate that aggregates are complex and pervasive, challenge many common assumptions and confuse the boundaries between organisational levels within the library. The challenge is amplified by concrete examples.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Representing aggregate works in the digital library |
| ISBN: | 3-540-44636-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Keywords: | digital libraries, architecture, collection building |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Arts and Social Sciences > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Information Studies UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Psychology and Language Sciences (Division of) > UCL Interaction Centre UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Computer Science |
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