The Digital Latin Library
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https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.2532-8816/23501Keywords:
Digital Library, Textual criticism, Text Encoding, Machine Learning, Digital Scholarly EditingAbstract
This article relates a brief history of the Digital Latin Library (DLL), discusses its role in the ever-expanding universe of digital scholarship on Latin language and literature, and describes its main projects — the Library of Digital Latin Texts (LDLT) and the DLL Catalog — and introduces its current research focus on adapting AI/ML technologies to advance its mission.
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