Assignment 4

For this assignment I reviewed:

Calisphere
The World Digital Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Vtext
SMARTech
arXiv.org
EconPapers

On the whole, I found that all of the Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories had essentially the same goals, and were structured in much the same format. Some were more attractive than others, and some were more user-friendly. The digital libraries were clearly created to appeal to the public, while the institutional repositories focused on a more perfunctory role. All in all, I feel that all of these institutions are fulfilling their goals admirably.