UCLA Digital Library Digital Library Council January 29, 2003 Virtual Collections “An Experiment in Open Source Thought” Presenter: Curtis Fornadley Senior Programmer/Analyst UCLA Library

UCLA Digital Library Virtual Collections: Persistent Sessions With a Twist In the “Resource Discovery Arena” Service Providers (or portals) will be distinguished by the services they provide.

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UCLA Digital Library Virtual Collections (as of 1/29/2003) -Any user can save light box contents under a name they choose. -Users can attached notes to any item, in any unlocked VC. -VC’s are stored as lightweight XML - only stores note and a pointer to record -By default, all VC’s are saved “unlocked” and can be expired at a specified interval based on the data stamp. -Locked VC’s can be saved indefinitely - All Virtual Collections are open to the public - A search of VC note fields would allow for a whole other level of metadata development and search. - “Academic Amazon”

UCLA Digital Library Virtual Collections – The Future -Users can choose to make VC Public or Private -Access controlled by simple pass code (e.g. address) -Users can attached notes to any item, in any unlocked VC. -Generalize code to be “plugged-in” to any Digital Library Application

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