Center for Research and Development of Digital Libraries

Title:VITAL
Presenters:Scott Weimer
Where:Davis 214
When:Friday, Sept 24th 2004, 10:00am
Presentation:Not available

According to the VTLS website
“VITAL builds on the Fedora repository architecture by providing VTLS
developed work flow extensions, management utilities and enhanced
searching capabilities. Using Fedora defined web services, VITAL
provides a mechanism for your organization to create tools, enhance the
functionality provided by VTLS, or leverage the open source community
for future applications. Together, the package is known as VITAL.”

Title:Google is Good?
Presenters:Scholarly Communication Working Group
Where:Davis 214
When:Tuesday, Sept 14th 2004, 12 noon
Presentation:Not available

Just how good is this popular search engine and what are the strengths and weaknesses? How is Google affecting student writing at UNC-CH? We will also discuss the impact of Google on reference services in academic libraries.

Title:Virtual Museums
Presenters:Brad Hemminger
Where:Manning 208
When:Friday, Sept 3rd 2004, 12:30pm
Presentation:Not available

Come see and experience how most museum patrons may visit museums virtually in the future. Dr. Hemminger will present the basics of how entire museum exhibits (as well as individual pieces) can be digitized and then visualized in virtual reality. He’ll also discuss how users will interact with online virtual museums. There will be plenty of time at the end for folks to test drive the world’s first completely digitized museum exhibit (Ackland’s 2003 exhibit
“Plum, Pine, Bamboo: Seasonal and Spiritual Paths in Japanese Art”). This project is in conjunction with the Ackland Museum and 3rdTech. http://ils.unc.edu/bmh/virseum