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The Peritext Project automates the identification and exclusion of peripheral content surrounding core text. Led by Dr. Ana Lučić from the Illinois Applied Research Institute and backed by the National Endowment for the Humanities, we aim to make digital texts more accessible for research.

Latest Updates

Peritext survey completion

Ana Lucic

28th February, 2025

We conducted the survey that inquired with HathiTrust users regarding their interest in and need for establishing structural boundaries of digiized works when analyzing texts. One insight that we gained from this analysis is that many participants confirmed encountering challenges related to peritextual elements in their research.

Peritext survey launch

Ana Lucic

11th November, 2024

In collaboration with HathiTrust team, we distributed a survey to HathiTrust users regarding their interest in and need for establishing structural boundaries of digitized works using automated methods. Read more about the challenges and solutions we've faced.

Website launch

Ana Lucic

1st November, 2024

The Peritext project has a web site, thanks to the efforts of Tan Debnath.