the DELOS manifesto makes an attempt to include all the facets of a digital library, in spite of numerous opinions on what a digital library is and should consist of. The Paepcke article describes the interruption of the WWW in the DLI - seems that the insertion of rampant capitalism, lack of clarity on ownership and copyright issues intervened with the vision of the project. Apparently computer scientists and librarians have a relationship that is similar to engineers and architects. I like Borgman's definition of a digital library - it could be used to determine if something IS a DL, or a guide for creating a DL.
Lupovici states "The most important sector requiring librarians in the future is preserving digital documents in the long-term." I disagree, feeling that the primary purpose of a librarian is to help people find the most relevant material, not simply preserving it.
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