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1 Choices for Building Digital Libraries
February 2008 Laurie N. Taylor

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

3 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

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

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

6 DigiTool by ExLibris

7 DigiTool: Front Screen

8 DigiTool: Internal Display

9 DigiTool: Internal Display

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

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

12 ContentDM

13 ContentDM

14 ContentDM

15 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

16 Fedora

17 Fedora

18 Fedora

19 DSpace

20 DSpace

21 Greenstone

22 Greenstone

23 Collaboration Contributing to a Collaborative Digital Library

24 Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)

25 dLOC

26 dLOC

27 dLOC

28 Customized Interfaces

29 Customized Interfaces

30 Preservation

31 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.

32 Questions and Discussion
Laurie N. Taylor


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