Abstract
The principal aims of WG4 are two-fold. One is to contribute to the refinement of a shared data model which includes common definitions of the physical features of the letter, its basic genres, and its modes of dissemination and preservation. The second is to plan and pilot a census of correspondence collections across Europe, and the infrastructure designed to support it.
The leader of WG4, Dr Elizabethanne Boran, is Librarian of the Edward Worth Library, Dublin, and the editor of the correspondence of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (1581–1656).