Representing aggregate works in the digital library

Authors:
George Buchanan;Jeremy Gow;Ann Blandford;Jon Rimmer;Claire Warwick
Affiliations:
University of Wales, Swansea;UCL Interaction Centre, London;UCL Interaction Centre, London;UCL SLAIS, London;UCL SLAIS, London
Venue:
ECDL'06 Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Year:
2006

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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.