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Representing aggregate works in the digital library

Buchanan, G.; Gow, J.; Blandford, A.; Rimmer, J.; Warwick, C.

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Authors

G. Buchanan

J. Gow

A. Blandford

J. Rimmer



Contributors

E. Rasmussen
Editor

R. R. Larson
Editor

E. Toms
Editor

S. Sugimoto
Editor

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.

Citation

Buchanan, G., Gow, J., Blandford, A., Rimmer, J., & Warwick, C. (2007). Representing aggregate works in the digital library. In E. Rasmussen, R. R. Larson, E. Toms, & S. Sugimoto (Eds.), 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 (247-256). https://doi.org/10.1145/1255175.1255224

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.
Conference Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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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