INLS 235

Day 10

3/19/2003

 

Report from Interface 2003

Reminder, no meeting next week

 

1. One minute papers

Points

DLs really do meet needs of education and research

Sustainability is important issue in DLS

Metadata can be copyrighted

Lots of wheel reinvention in the DL projects

 

Questions

Metadata standards for libraries apply to museums?

How to lower requirements for metadata entry?

How to balance advancing technology with usability?

What business models exist? [note presentations]

How to sustain given: content changes, pertinence changes, funding

Other ways to establish/maintain trust than community based?

Are all DLs focused/specialized?

Is DSpace the end of publishing as we know it?

 

2. Cooperation and Collaboration in DLs  (from last time)

Hybrid DLs

Discuss the info life cycle model

 

3. Economics of DLs:  business models and sustainability

 

4. DL Examples

7. Project Gutenberg: Andre Burton

8. U. Virginia Tibet DL: Todd Cooper

9. William Blake Archive: Michael Fernandez

10. Internet Resource Archive: David Roberts

11. NC Learn: Laura Bell

 

 

5. Readings for meeting

 

1. Entlich, R., Garson, L., Lesk, M., Normore, L. Olsen, J. & Weibel, S. Testing a digital library: User response to the CORE Project, Library Hi Tech, 14(4), 99-118, 1996.

2. Marchionini, G. Evaluating Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifaceted View Library Trends, Fall 2000 vol 49(2), p. 304-333.  http://ils.unc.edu/~march/perseus/lib-trends-final.pdf

 

6. One-minute paper

      What was the main point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?