Third, atlas-derived tract volume measures, like volumes derived from manually traced fiber tracts, are likely underestimates of true fiber volume for most tracts.
The books displayed here, about potions and brooms and monsters, are designed to look like volumes from the early 20th century (with some, of course, even more ancient).
Arranged like volumes on a bookshelf, with 40 separate subject areas, the Web site, which is still in its infancy, will eventually help users to design their own structures, literally starting with the garden first.
Academic libraries tend to keep many sets of specialized encyclopedias on their shelves, like volumes on Judaica, folklore, music or philosophy, or encyclopedias that are written in foreign languages and unavailable online.
The impression here and there is less that Mr. Kaplan makes discoveries and more that he confirms what he already knows from his previous trips, his wide reading and the bracing realpolitik philosophy that he carries along with him like volumes of law in his saddle bags.
We spoke with Volumes' Director James Spink to get some of the inside intel on what it takes to make something like Volumes happen, and what to expect this year.
