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ILS655 Digital Libraries
Prof. Mary A. Brown
Spring 2009
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Course Work
Rumsey Hall
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Course Description
Theoretical study of and practice in designing, constructing and evaluating digital libraries.
Course Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to gain the objectives among the following:
- To describe the history and characteristics of a digital library
- To understand major issues those constitute the basis of digital libraries
- To develop a plan for a digital library using sound practices and policies derived from the current literature, including missions, goals, and maintenance plans
- To develop a digital collection prototype with an appropriate collection policy and selection criteria
- To acquire and organize resources in digital form with related metadata methods, such as simple DC and RDF Schema
- To have competent understanding of metadata, metadata interoperability & metadata registry concept for managing digital contents
- To be familiar with current technologies & frameworks associated with the development and implementation of digital libraries, such as search engines, browse features and DL tools
- To construct and test an academic digital library
- To develop methods to evaluate and recommend solutions in a digital library environment
- To study and evaluate national or international major digital library projects
Required Text
Witten, I. H., & Brainbridge, D. (2003). How to Build a Digital Library. Morgan Kaufmann . [ISBN: 1-55860-790-0]
Recommended Text
Lesk, M. (2004). Understanding Digital Libraries (2nd ed.). Morgan Kaufman. [ISBN: 1558609245]