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Digital libraries
Authors: Dimitroulia, Xanthippi
Tiktopoulou, Aikaterini
Reviewer: Goutsos, Dionysios
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Abstract:
Digitalization transforms the physical text into an intangible one, while simultaneously multiplying the layers of the text (binary system, code, text on the screen, hidden text, etc.). In the text-centered, multimodal system that is the internet, the dissemination of text occurs through new means, such as electronic publishing in various formats, simple hypertextual or electronic posting, print-on-demand, and so forth, thereby overturning the established norms of writing, publishing, and reading. At the same time, the vast storage and processing capabilities of computers allow for the creation of enormous libraries—essentially gigantic bodies of texts. In multilingual digital electronic libraries such as the French Gallica, virtual libraries like Google Books, collaborative projects like Gutenberg.org, author archives, and cyberliterature collections, world literature takes tangible form for the first time, even as our perception and reception of it change.
Technical Editors: Apostolopoulos Perros, Panagiotis
Graphic Editors: Apostolopoulos Perros, Panagiotis
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5832
Bibliographic Reference: Dimitroulia, X., & Tiktopoulou, A. (2015). Digital libraries [Chapter]. In Dimitroulia, X., & Tiktopoulou, A. 2015. Digital literary studies [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/5832
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Digital literary studies
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions