| CODE | LIS1101 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Digital Libraries | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Library Information and Archive Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is recognised as a best practice by the Memory of the World (MoW)Studies, a working group which promotes the use of the UNESCO Memory of the World register resources in research and teaching. It introduces students to the digital library domain and the basic concepts related to it; outlines societal and technological conditions, and looks at reference models in the domain. Examples from the MoW register, the World Digital Library and Europeana will be used as case studies. Topics which will be covered include: 1. Applications of new information technologies in the libraries, museums and archives. 2. Digital libraries. Case studies (Memory of the World Register of UNESCO, World Digital Library, Europeana). 3. Digital libraries. Reference models (DLRM, 5S). 4. Digitisation process. Typical workflows. 5. Metadata. Interoperability. 6. Access to digital resources. 7. Users and uses of digital resources. Information behaviour. Personalisation. 8. Quality of digital resources. 9. Digital libraries evaluation. 10. Long-term preservation. 11. Managing technological change. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide an introduction to digital libraries integrating technological, user and organisational points of view. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyze societal and technological conditions for development and use of digital libraries. - Understand the processes of digitisation, access and preservation. - Make comparative analysis of different digital libraries in order to understand what users they are best suited to serve and how they can be improved to cater for different user groups. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define the components of digital libraries. - Apply hands-on skills in observing and comparing digital libraries. - Define basic workflows for digitisation. - Define the differences between digitisation for access and digitisation for preservation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: MAIN: Candela, L., Castelli, D., Ferro, N., Koutrika, G., Meghini, C., Pagano, P., Ross, S., Soergel, D., Agosti, M., Dobreva, M., Katifori, V., and Schuldt, H. (2008). The DELOS Digital Library Reference Model. Foundations for Digital Libraries. ISTI-CNR at Gruppo ALI, Pisa, Italy. 215 pp. (available on http://www.delos.info/files/pdf/ReferenceModel/DELOS_DLReferenceModel_0.98.pdf) UNESCO, Guidelines for the Preservation of Digital Heritage, (National Library of Australia, Information Society Division for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2003). http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001300/130071e.pdf UNESCO Memory of the World register. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/register/ OPTIONAL: Commission on Preservation and Access and the Research Libraries Group, Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information, (1996) http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/past/digpresstudy/final-report.pdf Ross, S., Donnelly, M., Dobreva, M. (2003). New Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector (Technology Watch Report 1), ISBN 92-894-5275-7, European Commission, 196 pp. (available on www.digicult.info). Ross, S., Donnelly, M., Dobreva, M. (2004). Emerging Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector (Technology Watch Report 2), ISBN 92-894-5276-5, European Commission, 212 pp. (available on www.digicult.info). Ross, S., Donnelly, M., Dobreva, M., Abbott, D., McHugh, A., Rusbridge, A. (2005). Core Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector (Technology Watch Report 3), ISBN 92-894-5277-3, European Commission, 296 pp. (available on www.digicult.info). Strong, D., and Leach, P.B., National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data: Final Report, (National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data (NCASRD), (Jan 31) 2005), ISBN 0-662-39966-8, http://ncasrd-cnadrs.scitech.gc.ca/NCASRDReport_e.pdf World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/ Europeana: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/ |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Online Learning, Lecture and Practicum | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Milena Dobreva |
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