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Requirements for a Digital Library System: A Case Study in Digital Humanities (Technical Report)

Year: 2024

Type: preprint

Abstract: Archives of libraries contain many materials, which have not yet been made available to the public. The prioritization of which content to provide and especially how to design effective access paths depend on potential users' needs. As a case study we interviewed researchers working on topics related to one German philosopher to map out their information interaction workflow. Additionally, we deeply analyze study participants' requirements for a digital library system. Moreover, we discuss how existing methods may meet their requirements and which implications these methods may have in a practical digital library setting, e.g., computational costs and hallucinations. In brief, this paper contributes the findings of our digital humanities case study resulting in system requirements.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2410.22358

Authors: Kroll, Hermann, Kreutz, Christin K., Jehn, Mathias, Risse, Thomas

Institutions: Technische Universität Braunschweig, Herder Institute, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Goethe University Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg

Language: English

Topic: Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4404350092

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