Digital Libraries Unmil P. Karadkar Lecturer, School of Information UT Austin

What is a Library?

Dictionary.com li·brar·y 1.a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed. 2.a public body organizing and maintaining such an establishment. 3.a collection of manuscripts, publications, and other materials for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference. 4.a collection of any materials for study and enjoyment, as films, musical recordings, or maps. 5.a commercial establishment lending books for a fixed charge; a lending library. 6.a series of books of similar character or alike in size, binding, etc., issued by a single publishing house. 7.Biology. a collection of standard materials or formulations by which specimens are identified. 8.canon 1 (def. 9). 9.Computers. a collection of software or data usually reflecting a specific theme or application.

Access to materials What do I want? Where do I find it?

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What should I read, watch, listen to? Tell me more about… What’s going on in the world today?

Refine

New Terminology Cataloging  Organization Catalog information  Metadata Books, periodicals, images, audio, video  Documents

Collateral Damage Copyright and intellectual property Funding sources – local vs. global issues Access – local vs. remote Intellectual property Publishing User Interfaces Safeguards for special populations RIAA, MPAA Lawsuits

Is This a Digital Library?

Evolve

Broadening our horizons From libraries to collections Special services for special audiences Visualization techniques New search modalities – Images, videos, audio – Content-based searches New kinds of collections Science data sets – Chemistry, Human Genome Project What about the Humanities?

Online Picasso Project

Training for Life Science Researchers

Resources for Paleontologists

Unmil P. Karadkar