Digital Library: By the Communities & For the Communities
This digital library initiative by Dr. B. Sutradhar of IIT Kharagpur presents a comprehensive overview of libraries over time, modern users' preferences, actors in the digital library community, services framework, and user demographics. It discusses the evolution of libraries, impact of digitization, and the needs of modern users. The content also delves into the roles played by various stakeholders in the digital library ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of community collaboration and technological advancements in library services.
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Digital Library: By the Communities & For the Communities Presented By Dr. B. Sutradhar, Librarian Central Library, (ISO 9001:2015 Certified) IIT Kharagpur bsutra@library.iitkgp.ernet.in
Libraries over the Period of Time Virtual library Impact in the Library Digitized Library Library on-line Public and research libraries Computerized libraries Large institutional libraries Library Writing time Industrial Revolution Computer Printing Data PC and CD-ROM communication Factors Internet Greeks (Alexandria, Pergamum), Roman Empire, Arabs, ... XVI-XVIII Century XIX Century XXI Century XX Century 70 s 80 s 90 s Source: Jos Borbinha, National Library of Portugal
What Modern Users Want 1. One-stop Central Library 2. 24/7 access 3. Self-reliance and Green Environment 4. Latest Technology Availability 5. Amenities and Quiet zones 6. Social Interaction Zones 7. Research scholars workstations
Actors in Digital Library Community ... are persons, individuals, organizations, and abstract machines that play roles in the production, dissemination, management and use of digital information.
Generic framework Digital Library Services Agent User Professional
Digital Library Community Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of typesetting industry. Digital Library Students Librarian 65% Faculty IT Admin Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of typesetting industry. Researchers Cataloguer 50% Library Staffs Library Users Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of typesetting industry. Housekeeping Staffs 80% Visitors Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of typesetting industry. Publishers & Suppliers Organizations Security Staff 35%
A perspective of Our Digital library Digital Library Process Publisher Publishes Articles Acquisition Licensing Librarian Preservation Access Mechanism Creator Search Vendor IT Admin Dissemination Registration User Tracking User DL House Keeping Maintenance Library Staff
Use Cases (from the model) Publication: Publishing the work / content resource Licensing: Rules for the usage of the resource item Acquisition: Process of acquiring the resource item Preservation: To store the resource properly for future usage or access Dissemination : To disseminate the resource Search : Searching of information or resource discovery Access : Getting the resource Registration : Create user for accessing the resource
Digital Library Infrastructure Services Content Development Content Development Content Submission Content Submission IT HW / SW Infrastructure IT HW / SW Infrastructure Social Hubs Social Hubs Information / Content Information / Content Metadata / Bibliographic Metadata / Bibliographic Personalized Services Personalized Services ILL ILL SDI SDI CAS CAS DDSR DDSR Search and Retrieval etc. Search and Retrieval etc. Crowd Organization Sourcing Funding For the Community By the Community Community Overlaps
Institutional Digital Repository IDR , Back End (DB, SOLR) Institutional Digital Repository Data Submission Data Access
NDLI Metadata Harvesting User The Harvested Metadata is then Indexed for Searching Service provider stores the Harvested Metadata Records NDLI Metadata Harvester Metadata Harvested by OAI-PMH Protocol IIT Gwh IDR IIT KGP IDR IIT Mad IDR IIT Del IDR IDR n IIT ISM-D IDR All IDR Repositories are the OAI Data Provider
NDLI Metadata Harvesting Provider Data e-prints Requests Identify List Metadata Formats List Sets List Records List Identifiers Provider Data images Provider Data Provider Service Videos Harvester Provider Data Provider IIT KGP Dspace Data Responses General information Metadata Formats Set Structure Record Identifier Metadata Provider Data IIT Gwh Dspace
NDLI A Case Study NDLI Central Index Server User Community Accessing NDLI Staging Server Metadata Curation IIT Gwh IDR NDLI Metadata Harvester IIT KGP IDR IIT Del IDR IDR n IIT ISM-D IDR IIT Mad IDR
NDLI User Interface Anybody, any time and any place accessible. i.e. 24X7 Resources available for various community users of
Emerging issues / Challenges Genres (what or What Not to Include?) Information resource s media, formats, type, characteristics (on-line/off-line, dynamic resources, interactive resources), Physical Descriptions etc. Actors (who?) Review the roles (editor, creator, contributor, translator, illustrator, distributor, owner, user, librarian, host, mediator) Identifiers (Persistent or Not Persistent?) Names, uniform names and identifiers, contextual names and identifiers, persistency, ... Metadata (Which?) Bibliographic description, administration, structural description, ..., creation versus reutilization, ...
Tecnology Perspective Emerging issues / Challenges Reference Models - AACR - FRBR - CIDOC - MoReq Metadata Schemas - MARC21 - UNIMARC - DCMES - ONIX - METS - EAD - EAC Conceptual Perspective Multiple perspectives for the "metadata Like: Metadata Implementations - The UNIMARC coding in ISO2709 - The MARC21 coding in ISO2709 - MARCXML: MARC coding in XML - A DCMES Schema coding in XML - A DCMES Schema coding in RDF File and data structures -IS2709 -HTML -XML -RDF Crosswalk from One Metadata to another metadata Metadata Structures - One file: - One file: - One file: - One file: - One file: - One file: Contextual Perspective myUNIMARCrecords.iso yourMARC21records.iso myUNIMARCrecords.xml yourMARC21records.xml myDCMESrecords.xml myDCMESrecords.rdf Protocols - HTTP - OAI - PMH - SOAP - Z39.50 - WebServices - ZING - ... Services and Interfaces - An HTTP/HTML based OPAC service - An OAI metadata harvesting service - A Z39.50 - Bath search service - A ZING Web Service Service s Perspective
Emerging issues / Challenges Interoperability: Establish the integration of distributed digital libraries around the world. Intellectual property: Legalities associated with access, copying, and dissemination of digital materials. Resource Discovery: Librarians provides "trusted" service for resource accessibility.