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

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://eprints.rclis.org/id/document/1631 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://eprints.rclis.org/id/document/1631 http://eprints.org/relation/isIndexCodesVersionOf https://eprints.rclis.org/id/document/1631 archive 35 disk0/00/00/49/35 2004-07-03 2014-10-02 11:58:43 2012-12-14 18:03:54 journale 4824 show 1 Ewing John Twenty centuries of mathematics : digitizing and disseminating the past mathematical literature pub H. ED J. Mathematics, maths, digitization, digital library, Digital Mathematical Library, electronic publishing, copyright, DML, Digital Math Library Matematica, Biblioteca digitale, digitalizzazione, editoria elettronica Mathematicians have talked quietly for some time about the need to digitize the past mathematical literature. During 2001, the conversations became more intense as several new digitizing projects were announced. Should we coordinate those projects? Could we integrate the recent literature that is already in digital form? How could we digitize far greater amounts of older material? The goal was to create a virtual library containing much of the past literature – a library that could eventually grow into a "World Mathematics Library". In a conversation in mid-2001, Philippe Tondeur (the Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at NSF) outlined his vision for such a library. While I was sympathetic, I pointed out that one needed a plan, or at least an outline, and that even with a plan there were many obstacles. Philippe persuaded me to write this "concept paper" based on our conversation, and consequently turned my pessimism into a proposal. Since that time, a group headed by Cornell University was awarded a planning grant to consider the next steps in carrying out a massive digitizing project. Mathematicians and agencies from other countries have expressed interest in an international effort. And the impossible sums of money needed for funding seem almost possible (even if most of the other obstacles remain). [This article was published in August 2002 issue of the journal "Notices of the American Mathematical Society"] 2002 Il progetto 'Digital Mathematical Library' nasce con l'obiettivo di rendere disponibili, in modalità digitale, la totalità dei documenti matematici. Il progetto, finanziato anche dalla Comunità Europea, vede coinvolti sia l'American Mathematical Society che l'European Mathematical Society, le maggiori case editrici del settore, le Biblioteche delle Università, le Associazioni nazionali ed internazionali. Si tratta di un progetto ambizioso e che presenta molteplici problemi: dallo standard tecnico alle normative nazionali sul copyright, dal coordinamento delle istituzioni coinvolte ai finanziamenti. [Il presente articolo è stato pubblicato sul numero di agosto 2002 della rivista "Notices of the American Mathematical Society"] it en FALSE US- http://hdl.handle.net/10760/4935 public AIDAInformazioni : rivista di Scienze dell'informazione 20 2-3 TRUE info:eu-repo/semantics/other