INKE has been described as an interdisciplinary initiative spawned in the methodological commons of the digital humanities that seeks to understand the future of reading and the book through a historical perspective. For this essential work, INKE brings together researchers and stakeholders at the forefront of computing in the humanities, text analysis, information studies, usability and interface design into a network comprised of those who are best-poised to understand the nature of the human record as it intersects with the computer. Presently, INKE boasts two key, interrelated research groupings: Modelling and Prototyping and Interface Design. INKE began in 2004-2005 as HCI-Book: Human-Computer Interface and the Electronic Book.