MEMORIA (Multimedia Electronic Memories at hand) aimed at developing a new generation of Computer Aided Reading Environment that would support professional readers in making use (by accessing, retrieving, reading, structuring and writing) of the large and heterogeneous content of digital libraries.

The project has been based on the following technologies: document structuring standards; information indexing and retrieval techniques; hypertext navigation; modelling of reading activities; networking technology.

Two kinds of applications have been developed:

• one providing access to the digital content of a network of public libraries for professional readers;
• the other providing access to the collection of a private corporation.