INLS 235 Digital Library Review
Select a digital library of
your choice. Before proceeding, get
instructor approval. Prepare a
written summary for the project using the following template. Note that the template is meant to guide
your summary--some DLs may not address all attributes on template and may
include others. The summary should not
exceed 5 printed pages and should be handed in as a formatted printout by March
6. The summary should also be mounted
on the class webpage in the dl_overview
subdirectory (your file should be ftped to
/export/htdocs/inls235_s02/dl_overviews on Ruby. The file name should have the form DLNAME_YOURNAME (DLNAME can be
the official or abbreviated version and YOURNAME can be some variation on your
name). The URL for reaching the template page is http://ils.unc.edu/inls235_s02/dl_overviews/dl_template.html. We will link your reviews to this page. Prepare a 10-minute presentation to be given
in class sometime after March 6.
Some possible DLs (but many
others possible)
·
DLI1 or DLI2 Projects
·
Specific state (e.g.,
CDL, NC-Live) or library projects
·
National Library
Projects (e.g., LC, British Library, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, NL of Australia,
etc.)
·
Professional
Organization DLs (e.g., ACM DL)
·
Computer Science TR DL
(NCSTRL)
·
Commercial Projects
(e.g., image archives)
·
Perseus Project DL
DL Name
DL Address (URL)
DL Mission
Community
·
What is the user community(ies)?
·
Who are the stakeholders
(sponsors, partners)? Who actually operates the DL?
·
How is the DL
funded? Is this sustainable?
·
How does the DL
interoperate/cooperate with other DLs?
Content (Collection Development Policy)
·
What does the DL contain
(type, media, volume)?
·
What will it contain in
5 years?
·
How is it organized
(what are atomic collection units? Collections/aggregations? What metadata is
used for each?)
·
If the DL is part of a
physical library, how are digital and physical objects related? (e.g., are
there digital pointers to physical objects?
Services
·
What is the access
policy (e.g., open URL, partially open, membership, etc.)?
·
What search services are
provided (e.g., single search engine for entire DL? Alternative modes [e.g.,
basic, advanced])?
·
How is
selection/browsing managed?
·
Are reference services
offered (e.g., FAQ, email queries, query form, etc.)?
·
Is help or instruction
available?
Technology
·
Where do the
files/dbs/server(s) reside?
·
What are the hardware
(compute and network) components?
·
What interface
techniques are used (assumptions about user expertise, interaction style
supported [command/form-fill/menu/direct manipulation/visualizations], control
mechanisms provided [frames, java apps])?
·
Are there special
security or quality of service provisions?
·
Are there specific
research and development problems this DL addresses?