1. Eduprise, Inc. April 2001 Funding provided by the National Science Foundation DLI-Phase 2 NSF Award #0002935 A Digital Library of Reusable Science and Math Resources for Undergraduate Education A Sharable Digital Library for Educators

2. iLumina’s Vision The situation: e-learning will create a huge demand for high-quality digital course content Publishers will meet some of this demand through ebooks Instructors will still need informal digital modules to complement and tailor ebooks to specific courses The opportunity: The Internet now provides a scalable way to implement peer- centric sharing of informal digital content iLumina is a digital library that will realize this opportunity

3. iLumina CSTCSECDLUNCW Mathwright #: ~200 Subject: Comp Sci Aggreg: Mid #: 1000+ Subject: Graphics Ed Aggreg: Mid-low #: ~50 Subject: Math Aggreg: High #: ~500 Subject: Sciences Aggreg: Low Acquiring Resources

4. iLumina CSTCSECDLUNCW Mathwright Other … Existing Repositories Maintained: + Cataloged: + Reviewed: + Other … Informal Collections Maintained: + Cataloged: - Reviewed: - iLumina Open Individual Contributions Maintained: - Cataloged: - Reviewed: - Resource Migration Paths

5. iLumina User Existing Repositories … CSTCSECDLOther Individual Contributions iLumina Open Informal Collections UNCW Mathwright … Other Mapping Tool Content Review Cataloging Tool final Cataloging Tool Community Roles Authors/ Providers Reviewers End-users/ Authors Catalogers Acquisition Services

6. Existing Repositories … CSTCSECDLOther Individual Contributions iLumina Open iLumina User Content Review Cataloging Tool final Informal Collections UNCW Mathwright … Other Mapping Tool Cataloging Tool Non-iLumina/IMS metadata iLumina/IMS metadata Digital Content * * metadata Metadata and Resources *

7. Existing Repositories … CSTCSECDLOther Individual Contributions iLumina Open iLumina Content Review Cataloging Tool final Informal Collections UNCW Mathwright … Other Mapping Tool Cataloging Tool * * Construction Services Community Services Search Services User metadata User Services Recommendations Personalizations Formal peer review User ratings/review General forums Suggestion Boxes Flexible Retrieval Browsing Faceted Search Basic Search Resource Integrator Author Cataloging

8. Existing Repositories … CSTC SECDLOther Individual Contributions iLumina Open iLumina Content Review Cataloging Tool final Informal Collections UNCW Mathwright … Other Mapping Tool Cataloging Tool * Construction Services Community Services Search Services Current Progress Phase 1 (3/01) Phase 2 (6/01) Phase 3 (10/01) User Recommendations Personalizations Formal peer review User ratings/review General forums Suggestion Boxes Flexible Retrieval Browsing Faceted Search Basic Search Resource Integrator Author Cataloging

9. Challenges Facing iLumina Making peer-centric libraries work: iLumina is not Napster  Provide access to resources by description (metadata) not just by title  Support multiple migration routes for resources, not just individual, grass-roots paths  Support peer creation and review of resources, not just peer usage Making IMS metadata work: keeping the costs low and the benefits high  Improve cataloging tools and community procedures  Demonstrate the value of metadata through effective tools and services

10. Challenges Facing iLumina (continued) Recruiting high-quality content into iLumina  Actively target individual materials and informal collections that are gaining a web reputation  Provide services they and other contributors need to lower their barriers to entry Achieving a critical mass—of resources and users  Consider tailoring iLumina access and interfaces for institutions or departments  Consider integrating iLumina with other e-learning services

11. References and Sources Our project website: http://www.ilumina-library.orghttp://www.ilumina-library.org Project papers on the site: –JERIC: Towards a Sharable Digital Library of Reusable Teaching Resources: Roles for Rich Metadata. Journal on Education Resources in Computing (JERIC). –JCDL: Developing Recommendation Services for a Digital Library with Uncertain and Changing Data. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) –JLibAdmin: Library Services Today and Tomorrow: Lessons from iLumina, a Digital Library for Creating and Sharing Teaching Resources. Journal of Library Administration.