1. Future of DLs LIS 5472 Digital Libraries Week 13
Instructor: Dr. Sanghee Oh
College of Communication & Information, Florida State University

2. Featured DL Presentation
Chloe Hough
Mary Willoughby
Next week
Jessica Morio
Stuart Rochford
Karen Milowicki
Chris Shaver

3. Class Feedback: Guest Lecture
The clearest points
Basic concepts, definitions, applications of Jakob Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics
Example questions
The muddiest points
Practical applications to the group project
How to provide suggestions to Omaka website which we do not have controls to make much upgrades in terms of its architecture

4. Presentations Week 14 (4/11): Featured DL Presentations + DL Practice
Week 15 (4/18): DL Presentations
Usability Test Proposal : Due April 8
Usability Test Results Report: Due April 22
Final Report & Project Completion: April 245
Provide a complete draft of report, assembling all of the past assignment deliverables (except usability test results).
Revise the previous drafts of the assignments based on the comments/feedback given by the instructor.

5. What we learned about DLs

6. What we learned about DLs
What is a digital library?
Trends, issues, reviews, initiatives, universities, profit/non-profit organizations
How to build a digital library
Digitization
Collection development
Metadata
Users, Usability
DL applications
Economic, social, and legal issues

7. Mass Digitization

8. Mass Digitization / Collaboration
World Digital Library
Open Content Alliance (OCA)
Open Library

9. World Digital Library Mission
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
Partners
UNESCO member or other countries (about 40)
Libraries, archives, or other institutions that have collections of cultural content
Institutions, foundations, and private companies that contribute to the project by sharing technology, convening or co-sponsoring working groups, or contributing financially.
Key Features
Consistent metadata
Description
Multilingualism
Digital library technical development
Collaborative networks

10. Open Content Alliance The OCA seed the archive with collections from;
European Archive
Internet Archive
National Archive of UK
O’Reilly Media
Prelinger Archives
University of California
University of Toronto, and more
2,000+ member libraries
Copyright: All content providers who contribute to the OCA must agree with the founding principles of the OCA.
OCA is “a collaborative effort of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit and government organizations from around the world that helps build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia material.”

11. Open Library Project
A project of the Internet Archive, funded in part by a grant from the California State Library and Kahle/Austim Foundation
Anyone can participate.
Over 20 million records are available.
Open project!
Data, software, documentation are all available to the public.
You can fix a typo, add a book, or write a widget.

12. Web 2.0

14. Digital library in the Web 2.0 environment
Participation
User control
Decentralization
Standards
Openness

15. Digital library as a social medium
Rich user interactions
Blogs
Wikis
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds
Multimedia Sharing
Social Networking
Social Bookmarking
Social Q&As
Tagging

16. Customization Personalization
Personal collection of digital objects reviewed/rated/printed
Personal collection of digital objects obtained/linked from multiple digital libraries
Reminder of updated objects
RSS, notification, etc.
Sharing digital objects with peers
s, text messaging, etc.

17. Information Technology Development
DL applications
Open sources
File format changes
Software, Plug-ins
Hardware
Computers
Smart phones
eBooks
Tablets

18. Additional Resources Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
The National Science Digital Libraries (NSDL)
Digital Library of the Week (ilovelibraries.ala.org)
Library & Information Technology Association: Digital Library Technologies Interest Group
ASIST SIG-DL: Special Interest Group on Digital Libraries
D-Lib Magazine
DL Curriculum Development Project

19. Usability Assignments
Usability Test Proposal
Background 
User Persona (Primary and Secondary (optional))
Heuristic Evaluation Overview 
References 
Evaluation Questionnaire
Usability Test Report
“Analyze” the test results of all members together.
Create a report of the usability test results analysis.
A summary of test results
Data obtained from the tests need to be analyzed thoroughly. 
Including raw data without further analysis will cause point deduction.
Recommendations for improvement of the DL based on the findings from the test.
References        

20. DL Presentation 7 min presentation 5-10 min Q&As, Peer-Evaluation
A professional report presentation on the DL development project (Use PowerPoint + Audio), including a demo/tour of your project DL
Mission/goals, audience/users, collection development, metadata, Omeka use, usability (plan), future plan (sustainability, preservation, marketing, etc.), and challenges/experiences.
Submit the PPT file to Canvas by 5 pm on the date of presentation (April 13)

21. DL Presentation Peer-Evaluation
Mission/Goal 
The mission or goal of the DL was clearly defined and understandable.
Content
The presentation includes appropriate information and demo of the digital library.
Organization / Logical Flow
The presentation was consistently clear, concise, and well-organized.
Preparation
The presenter(s) shows clear understanding of the DL and well-prepared.
Timeliness
The 10 minute time was well-used for delivering the content of the presentation and the DL demo.

22. Final Report & Project completion
Title page
Project name, project URL, group member names 
Table of Contents 
Proposal 
Digitization Guideline 
Metadata Schema 
Usability Test Proposal 
Reflection from each member