Providing access to the inaccessible: a new thematic digital library for the Venice Lagoon

摘要

This paper is a description of an innovative project: the creation of a digital thematic library known as the Laguna di Venezia Digital Library (LVDL). It will collect published and unpublished scientific documentation about the Venice Lagoon. LVDL is a personalised extension of the ETRDL (ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library) system, which is based on the Dienst protocol. Thanks to varying levels of document search and semantic descriptors, LVDL will satisfy many kinds of users working in a wide range of topics. As organised, this digital library has the potential to become a key thematic library for multidisciplinary documentation on the Venice Lagoon.