SLIS 715.002

Week 5

examples of digital libraries

(short powerpoint presentation)

some considerations

• hidden costs
  • license agreements, etc.
• "open source" doesn't always mean "free"
• support issues

CERN

• for text
• electronic print server / online catalog / document system
  • used alot in the sciences
• OAI-compliant
• MARC 21
• MySQL & Apache/Python
• open source (there are costs)
• option to view "people who viewed this page also viewed..."
• example:
  • Atlantic Institute of Fictive Science

DSpace

• open source & free
• all manner of digital formats
• XML-export capability
• working to see METS, DC
• OAI-compliant
• example:
  • Digital Library at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

Greenstone

• likes Linux boxes best
• open source
• OAI-compliant
• Greenstone is very visual (icons versus text)
• example:
  • Alive in Truth
  • look at this for ideas about icons for different formats

Koha

• open-source ILS (Integrated Library System)
• example
  • Nelsonville Public Library

OCLC OpenSiteSearch

• a data silo for storing information
• good idea, but had to charge for it (impractical)
• example:
  • Peels Prairie Provinces

(end of presentation)

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