This volume investigates the evolving methodologies and applications of computational tools within humanities research during the mid-1990s. Editor Giorgio Perissinotto compiles a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 1995 joint conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC). The text serves as a record of the technical and theoretical frameworks that defined the early digital humanities landscape.

Experts recognize this volume as a foundational archival record of the digital humanities field during its formative decade. Scholars frequently cite these papers for their historical insight into the early development of computational research standards.