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Converting an early printed biobibliographical work into a wiki

Karen Janssens

 
Biography

Karen Janssens has been a researcher at the Department of Natural Sciences, University of Antwerp from 1998 till 2003, where she is part of the research group 'Theorie van de gecondenseerde materie'. From 2003 till 2004 she was researcher at the Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie (BIRA). Since 2004 she teaches sciences at secondary school.
 

Abstract
This paper discusses how an early printed reference work was converted into a wiki. The aim was to publish the original content of an 18th-century biobibliography online and to allow for an annotation of the original information. Both similarities as well as differences between the analog and digital spaces are discussed. It is demonstrated how the original 'architecture' of the book was used to set up and structure the wiki. Furthermore, we show how the annotated information can be added to the wiki but how we keep it separated from the original information.