The digital library--an eagerly anticipated but as yet ill- defined and largely unrealized concept--took an important step toward actualization this past fall with the launching of a new collaborative federal research effort, according to government officials, project investigators, and librarians.
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University Funding: $4.8 million Research Focus: Digital video library incorporating math and science materials Major Partners: Bell Atlantic Network Services Digital Equipment Corp. Fairfax County Public Schools Microsoft Corp. Open University, Milton Keynes, England QED Communications Winchester Thurston School Institution: University of California, Berkeley Funding: $4 million Research Focus: Environmental information, automated indexing, and intelligent search and retrieval Major Partners: California State Library Hewlett-Packard Co. The Plumas Corp. Resources Agency of California San Diego Association of Governments Shasta County Office of Education Sonoma County Library Xerox Corp. Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara Funding: $4 million Research Focus: Geographic information, spatially indexed, including maps, images, and pictorial ...
