The Hungarian Electronic Library

Abstract

Navigating the growing volume of information on the internet is becoming an increasingly drfficult task. Electronic versions of large numbers of printed books, and the growing mass of various documents resulting from electronic publication have become more widely available through various networks. Using the tools of the internet, like Gopher Servers and WWW, preliminary versions of text archives or electronic libraries have appeared. Supported by the Information Infrastructure Development (IIF) project of Hungary, the Hungarian Electronic Library project started at the end of 1994. Its aim has been to create controlled archives of electronic literature produced in this country. The background, preliminary results and future prospects of this project are discussed.