1. DIGITAL MATHEMATICS LIBRARY Digitizing and disseminating the mathematical literature

2. GOALS Digitize the scholarly mathematical literature Set technical standards for making it accessible online Negotiate a protocol for making future mathematical literature similarly available

3. PROBLEMS Organization Content Format Metadata Identification method Copyright Access

4. PROBLEMS (continued) Retrieval Long-term archiving Standards Interoperability Compatibility with other disciplines Sustainability

5. REFERENCES DML: www.library.cornell.edu/dmlib Digital Mathematical Library. A manifesto presented at the Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, California, January 8, 2002, by Philippe Tondeur, Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation; http://www.library.cornell.edu/dmlib Twenty Centuries of Mathematics: Digitizing and Disseminating the Past Mathematical Literature. A white paper on the subject, by John Ewing, Executive Secretary of the American Mathematical Society, Notices of the AMS, August 2002, 771-777; http://www.ams.org/ewing Best Current Practices. Recommendations on Electronic Information Communication (2002). Endorsed April 13, 2002 by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) Committee on Electronic Information Communication (CEIC); http://www.ams.org/ewing