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ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION : DIGITAL LIBRARIES - Coggle Diagram
ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION :
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
digital library
the electronic extension of the physical places where resources are collected, organized, preserved, accessed
TERMS
items
are documents in a digital lib
repositories
store content
metadata
description of stored information
digital information
includes text, pictures, music, databases etc
ORGANIZATION
selection of documents & scanning
converting the text/image of printed documents into digital format
storage & management
standards for the creation, storage & digital delivery of digital info
search & access
accessible over the internet from anywhere by anyone on all 365 days of the year
distribution
rights management
FORMATS & STANDARDS
the Digital Library Federation (DLF)
recommends standard naming conventions fro the digital objects
Dublin Core metadata
a standardized metadata method to locate networked resources - one method that describes a resource
Metadata formats
describes object in a standardized format
Dublin Core, MARC, IAFA, TEI, GILS
EXAMPLE
Greenstone
a suite of software for building & distributing digital lib collections
provides new way of organizing information & publishing it on the internet
produced by the NZ Library Project
open source, multilingual software, issued under LGPL
DSpace
a groundbreaking digital lib system to capture, store, index, preserve & redistribute faculty in digital formats
developed jointly by MIT Libraries & Hewlett-Packard (HP)
freely available to research institutions world wide
ISSUES
rights management
libraries need to respect the rights of content creators (authors & publishers) while sharing content w users
what content is under copyright & what is free to use
using tools to control access (using Digital Rights Management)
preservation
digital content can easily get lost @ become unreadable over time
old file formats & storage methods have to be update continously
costs a lot of money & requires ongoing effort
metadata encoding
metadata helps users find & use digital resources - but create & manage it is tricky
choosing the right metadata standard
keeping metadata accurate
making sure metadata works across diff platforms & systems