At a glance
- Directory scope
- Commons Projects
- Candidate tier
- Core candidate
- Role in the book
- direct
- Book portrayal
- operating at book date
- Book evidence
- Ch. 11, pp. 324-325, 330
- Current verification
- Archived read only · checked 2026-07-28
Current evidence state
Archived read only. The Digital Library Federation preserves the project site and its 2006-2008 plans and products on its old-site domain; no current Aquifer operating service was verified.
Surviving archive
www.old.diglib.org/aquifer ↗
Operator or parent
Digital Library Federation
Verification basis · MEDIUM_HIGH · checked 2026-07-28
Commons anatomy
What kind of work is this?
federated digital-library project
What did it provide?
Develops protocols and rules for repurposing rich digital masters across institutions.
Governance and sustainability
Digital Library Federation is recorded as the current operator or parent.
Preservation
The book record contains archive, library, repository, or preservation-relevant language. A current preservation endpoint remains an open field awaiting direct source evidence.
As documented in the book
This section presents source-grounded summaries with the book’s chapter and pagination. Present-day status appears in its own evidence layer.
Chapter 11 · Scholarly Communication and Libraries Unbound: The Opportunity of the Commons
Develops protocols and rules for repurposing rich digital masters across institutions.
Printed pages 324-325, 330 · direct · federated digital-library project · evidence in narrative
Related by book type
This generated list uses the shared normalized book type federated digital-library project. It does not yet assert a sourced project-to-project relationship.
This record currently has an open connection field.