Our work on digital libraries is diverse, including theory, experimentation, and human issues. Secondly, we strive to promote the results of completed projects and prototypes, by maintaining this Web site, creating a video documentary, and compiling a bibliography of our appearances in conferences and journals. Potentially Relevant Statement by Robert Computer scientists have an unfortunate tendency to see digital libraries primarily as repositories of information.
People go to libraries seeking information, certainly, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
When a library patron's need has been reduced to a well-defined body of information, that person can generally continue on their own. A primary function for the digital library must therefore be to provide partrons with help at all phases of their interaction with whatever content the library covers.