Self-study Courseware on

Digital Libraries

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Introduction: This WWW site has been developed to assist those interested in learning about digital libraries. It is based upon materials tested in 2 Virginia Tech courses taught Fall 1997 (and again in revised form in Fall 2000): Students in those courses especially liked Michael Lesk's "Practical Digital Libraries: Books, Bytes & Bucks" so we refer to it as a supplemental text throughout this site.

There is a set of quizzes to test your knowledge of the chapters in Dr. Lesk's book, prepared to work with WhizQuiz, but that is no longer in use. For the Fall 2000 digital library courses at Virginia Tech, quizes in CourseInfo were developed and can be made available from the instructor. These cover two books: the one by Lesk and the one by Arms.

Revisions: This site will undergo frequent changes, so do check back. The latest revision was completed 6/21/2001.

Acknowledgements: This WWW site was developed in part through funding from NSF grants CDA-9312611, DUE-9752408, and DUE-9752190.

Please send comments/suggestions to Ed Fox.
(c) Copyright 1998-2001, Edward A. Fox, Rajat Gupta