Twenty centuries of mathematics : digitizing and disseminating the past mathematical literature

Ewing, John Twenty centuries of mathematics : digitizing and disseminating the past mathematical literature. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 2002, vol. 49, n. 7. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Reliance on past literature is common to all disciplines, but time scales differ. In some areas of science, literature more than a few years old has value mainly for historical reference. For mathematicians, work from ten, twenty, or even one hundred years ago is relevant and useful in research. Like all scientists, working mathematicians will use and reference more recent work the most, but having the ability to access the older literature is of essential value to research mathematicians. The DML proposal responds to a white paper prepared by John Ewing, the Executive Director of the American Mathematics Society, “Twenty centuries of mathematics: Digitizing and disseminating the past mathematical literature”

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	DML; Digital Math Library, digitalization, mathematics, progetti di digitalizzazione, matematica,
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. F. Management.
Depositing user:	Antonella De Robbio
Date deposited:	03 Jul 2004
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 11:58
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/4824