Building the Virtual Scriptorium |
TATIANA NIKOLOVA-HOUSTON, University of Texas at Austin, USA
RON HOUSTON, University of Texas at Austin, USA |
pages 109-121
http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2008.6.1.109 |
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Manuscripts, archives, and early printed books contain a documentary record of the foundations of human knowledge. Many elements restrict access to this corpus, from preservation concerns to censorship. On the assumption that the widespread availability of knowledge benefits the human condition more than the restriction of knowledge, elements restrictive to the dissemination of manuscripts, archives, and early printed books should be overcome, and the intellectual content of such items should be available to as wide an audience as possible through the digital library equivalent of the medieval scriptorium, termed here the 'virtual scriptorium'. |
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TATIANA NIKOLOVA-HOUSTON, RON HOUSTON (2008) Building the Virtual Scriptorium, Policy Futures in Education, 6(1), 109-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2008.6.1.109 |
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