Research Resources: Digital Libraries: “A New Version of Perseus and Academic Partnerships”

From Perseus Digital Library Blog:

An earlier blog entry pointed to a draft description of work on a new Perseus that we expect will appear, in some fashion, as a formal Request for Proposals from Leipzig in early January 2017. One reason to circulate this description is to get feedback. A second is to be able to explore different approaches before any formal RFP emerges. The comments in this blog are thus provisional and suggest possible directions. They constitute no promises.
We have heard from potential academic partners and would like to suggest an alternative approach. How we proceed will depend upon the response to the RFP when it is complete.
In suggesting an RFP, our goal was to focus on getting the job done and to do so by coming into a more formal contractual than is typical of academic partnerships and by drawing on more senior developers than are often available in an academic setting. We are particularly conscious that the skills that we require are highly in demand. The goal here is to build a new system and not, primarily, to conduct research. Nevertheless, the requirements are sufficiently distinct that publications should be possible in Digital Humanities, Digital Libraries or other areas.

Read the Complete Blog Post by Gregory Crane, Editor-in-Chief, Perseus Digital Library
See Also: Draft for a Request for Proposals For a New Perseus Digital Library
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