Choices for Building Digital Libraries February 2008 Laurie N. Taylor Laurien@ufl.edu

Needs Assessment Display: Access: Preservation Independent and fully branded? Collaborative, with identification? Access: Open Password protected Preservation Internal Digital Preservation Collaborative

Evaluation of Options Usability (for internal users and patrons) Interoperability Sustainability/ Migration Ease Preservation Number and size of install base (goes to sustainability and improvements) Reputation of System, Company, Community

Independent or Collaborative Cost for system infrastructure Cost for digitization Collaborative: Cost for community support Cost for digitization

Independent System Options Open Source: higher support costs (internal positions) but no licensing Fedora Greenstone Commercial: variable support and licensing costs ContentDM DigiTool

DigiTool by ExLibris http://kong.lib.usf.edu:8881/

DigiTool: Front Screen http://digitool3.lib.fsu.edu/

DigiTool: Internal Display

DigiTool: Internal Display

ContentDM OCLC Materials added to WorldCat, which is crawled by Google and other Search Engines, thereby increasing visibility everywhere

ContentDM OCLC Materials added to WorldCat, which is crawled by Google and other Search Engines, thereby increasing visibility everywhere http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm4/browse.php

ContentDM

ContentDM http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/Henry

ContentDM

Fedora Framework Cornell (originally) Large, growing, and active user group New grant with supporting funds, so will continue to grow Innovative projects, customizable display Requires internal infrastructure support

Fedora http://www.fedora-commons.org

Fedora http://nsdl.org/

Fedora

DSpace http://www.dspace.org/

DSpace http://dspace.mit.edu/

Greenstone

Greenstone

Collaboration Contributing to a Collaborative Digital Library

Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) www.dloc.com www.dloc.com

dLOC http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?h=caricom&n=dloc

dLOC

dLOC

Customized Interfaces http://ufdc.ufl.edu/mhcc?n=mhm

Customized Interfaces

Preservation

Digital Collection Building Modular: selecting manageable & contextualized projects Copyright: identifying and obtaining permissions. Naming the Library (& collections) Describing the Collections & Creating Graphics Building Exhibits & Contextual Materials Collaboration: for development & promotion Planning: for Continued Growth Digitizing: following standards Promotion: promoting the Library as each phase is finished.

Questions and Discussion Laurie N. Taylor Laurien@ufl.edu