The Humboldt Digital Library: Exploring Innovative Structures

Author: Detlev Doherr

published in: HiN VI, 10 (2005)

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Digital Library
3. Projects Development and Testbed
4. Testbed for data communication
5. Conclusion
6. References

Alexander von Humboldt’s maps, graphs and illustrations contain a great deal of detail, but in the available rare editions they are hardly visible to the naked eye. In many editions they have been reduced. In a digital library, they will become accessible in their entirety, and Internet technology will reproduce them in a form that overcomes the limitations of the original printing. The user will be able to enlarge the images and see details that might have been overlooked in the past.

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