Improvements in storage technology and computer networks have made possible the creation of collections of articles, books, multimedia documents, and other results of an emerging electronic publishing industry. Advances in information access theory, techniques, and systems allow these collections to become easily accessible for searching, browsing, reading, research, and re-use - transforming them into value-added digital libraries.
Building upon various research projects at Virginia Tech, and using resources of the Computing Center and the Department of Computer Science, Project Envision was funded for 1991-94 by the National Science Foundation, and aided by ACM. This project, to build a User-Centered Database from the Computer Science Literature, has supported CS5604 by providing access to readings, hypertext collections, algorithms, images, and specialized software. Another project, Interactive Learning with a Digital Library in Computer Science, has NSF support for 1993-96 and continues these efforts. Project results will be made available for class demonstrations, laboratory exercises, homeworks, and independent research.