1. Producción de Sistemas de Información Agosto-Diciembre 2007 Sesión # 7

2. Basic Concepts Data Database Collection, Library, Archive Digital Collection Digital Repository Digital Library

3. Basic Concepts Data: A collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, or video. Isolated facts which have not been processed by any user.

4. Basic Concepts Database: A collection of data organized in a way that allows storage, access, retrieval, and future use of that data. Relational databases

5. Basic Concepts Collection: A set of items grouped together, in terms of their characteristics, subject, or format. Digital Collection: A set of items grouped together in digital format, in terms of their characteristics or subject.

6. Digital Collection: Examples Digital collections@UM Archives UM Films@UM DRUM Sterling Family Papers The Jim Henson Works Etc… Image collections

7. Basic Concepts Digital Repository: A collection of items produced and published by an institution, which are made available to the academic community or the general public. Institutional, truly free, and corporate repositories are often referred to as digital libraries.

8. Digital Repository: Example DRUM: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland Provides server space for UMD faculty Provides features for browsing Manages access permissions and policy Right to access and distribute digital items in the repository is given to the University of Maryland www.lib.umd.edu

9. Digital Repository: Example Dspace: An open-source digital archiving system designed by MIT Libraries and Hewlett Packard to capture, manage, and share research in digital formats. Over 200 organizations have adopted Dspace as the basic architecture to develop their institutional repositories. http://dspace.org/

10. Digital Repository: Example What can Dspace do? It provides features to support: Institutional repositories Learning Object Repositories eTheses Electronic Records Management Digital Preservation Publishing

11. Digital Repository: Example What data formats can Dspace handle? It provides features to support items in diverse formats: Full-text documents Images Videos Audio

12. Digital Repository: Example How can I create my own digital repository with Dspace? To plan and build a digital repository: 1.Define your service offering 2.Install Dspace 3.Create a service support infrastructure 4.Market your new services 5.Build communities and collections

13. Basic Concepts Library: A collection of information, sources, and services in diverse formats, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. Archive: A collection of primary sources that have been selected for use and preservation purposes.

14. Basic Concepts Digital Library: A collection of information, sources, and services in digital format, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual.

15. Digital Libraries: Examples TEC DL ICDL MALACH PDLib