Digital Libraries
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Collaborative Research: Curriculum Development: Digital Libraries
editThe project was originally funded for 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008. This was extended until 12/31/2009.
- Project Team at VT:
- PI: Edward A. Fox (fox@vt.edu)
- GRA: Seungwon Yang (seungwon@vt.edu)
- REU: John Ewers (jewers@vt.edu)
- Project Team at UNC-CH:
- PI: Barbara M. Wildemuth (wildem@ils.unc.edu)
- Co-PI: Jeffrey Pomerantz (pomerantz@unc.edu)
- GRA: Sanghee Oh (shoh@email.unc.edu)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. IIS-0535057 (VT) and IIS-0535060 (UNC-CH).
Module Development
editTable 1. Curriculum Framework (Including Links to Specific Modules)
editNote: Click here for a list of modules signed up for developments
Core Topics | Sub Topics | |
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1. Overview |
1-a (10-c):Digital Libraries/Conceptual frameworks, models, theories, definitions |
1-b: Digital Libraries/History of digital libraries and library automation |
2. Digital Objects |
2-a: Text resources 2-b: Multimedia 2-b(1): Images |
2-c (8-d): Digital Libraries/File formats, transformation, migration |
3. Collection Development |
3-a: Collection development/selection policies 3-b: Digital Libraries/Digitization 3-c: Harvesting |
3-d: Document and e-publishing/presentation markup 3-e (7-e): Digital Libraries/Web Publishing 3-f (7-f): Digital Libraries/Crawling |
4. Info/Knowledge Organization |
4-a: Information architecture (e.g., hypertext, hypermedia) 4-b: Digital Libraries/Metadata 4-c: Ontologies, Classification, Categorization |
4-d: Subject description, vocabulary control, thesauri, terminologies 4-e: Object description and organization for a specific domain |
5. Architecture |
5-a: Digital Libraries/Architecture overview 5-b: Digital Libraries/Application software 5-c: Identifiers, handles, DOI, PURL (signed up: Sai Tulasi, Virginia Tech) |
5-d: Digital Libraries/Protocols 5-e: Interoperability 5-f: Security |
6. User Behavior/Interactions |
6-a: Digital Libraries/Info needs, relevance 6-b: Digital Libraries/Online info seeking behavior and search strategy |
6-c: Sharing, networking, interchange (e.g., social) 6-d: Digital Libraries/Interaction design, usability assessment 6-e: Info summarization and visualization (signed up: Sai Tulasi, Virginia Tech) |
7. Services |
7-a(1): Digital Libraries/Image Retrieval |
7-d: Digital_Libraries/Routing 7-e (3-e): Digital Libraries/Web Publishing 7-f (3-f): Digital Libraries/Crawling 7-g: Digital Libraries/Personalization 7-h: Digital Libraries/IR Software (sub-modules are in Table 2) 7-i: Digital Libraries/LucidWorks Big Data Software (sub-modules are in Table 3) 7-j:Digital Libraries/Multimedia Software (sub-modules are in Table 4) |
8: Preservation |
8-c: Sustainability 8-d (2-c): Digital Libraries/File formats, transformation, migration | |
9: Management and Evaluation |
9-a: Project management 9-b: DL case studies 9-c: Digital Libraries/Evaluation and user studies 9-c(1): IR system evaluation 9-d: Bibliometrics, Webometrics |
9-e: Intellectual property 9-f: Cost/economic issues 9-g: Social issues |
10: DL Education and Research |
10-a: Future of DLs 10-b: Education for digital librarians |
10-c (1-a):Digital Libraries/Conceptual frameworks, models, theories, definitions 10-d: DL research initiatives |
Table 2. Modules for Information Retrieval Software Packages
editNote: These modules can be used along with IR-related DL curriculum modules. Especially, these modules might be useful to add more technical aspect in DL classes and to provide students with realistic exercises using IR tools.
Module Name | Description | Download |
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Module 7-h(1): IR Software: Apache Solr |
Open source enterprise search platform |
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Module 7-h(2): IR Software: CLUTO |
Software for clustering high-dimensional datasets |
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Module 7-h(3): IR Software: Hadoop Map-Reduce |
Processing large amount of data in parallel |
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Module 7-h(4): IR Software: Lemur |
A toolkit for language modeling and information retrieval |
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Module 7-h(5): IR Software: NLTK |
Open source Python modules for natural language processing and text analysis |
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Module 7-h(6): IR Software: R |
Using R language for statistical analysis of information retrieval techniques |
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Module 7-h(7): IR Software: SEDNA XML Database |
Software for efficient XML retrieval |
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Module 7-h(8): IR Software: TREK Eval |
Evaluation for information retrieval systems |
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Module 7-h(9): IR Software: Weka |
Data mining software in Java |
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Module 7-h(10): IR Software: WordNet |
A lexical database for English |
Table 3. Modules for LucidWorks Big Data Software
editNote: These modules have been developed for the LucidWorks software, which is an integrated tool for processing Big Data.
Module Name | Download |
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Module 7-i(1): LucidWorks: Overview | |
Module 7-i(2): LucidWorks: Search | |
Module 7-i(3): LucidWorks: Advanced Search | |
Module 7-i(4): LucidWorks: Classification | |
Module 7-i(5): LucidWorks: Clustering | |
Module 7-i(6): LucidWorks: Relevance Feedback and Query Expansion |
Table 4. Modules for Multimedia-Related Software
editNote: These modules have been developed for software tools, which are related to sound and image manipulations as well as biometric image software.
Module Name | Description | Download |
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Module 7-j(1): Multimedia Software: PureData |
Sound manipulation software |
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Module 7-j(2): Multimedia Software: Media Computation |
Image manipulation with Jython and JES |
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Module 7-j(3): Multimedia Software: Fingerprint |
NIST Biometric Image Software (NBIS) |
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Module 7-j(4): Multimedia Software: Audacity |
Open source software for recording and editing sounds |
Versions of the Curriculum Framework Developed by VT/UNC Project
edit- Framework for DL Curriculum (08/23/2008)
- Framework for DL Curriculum (09/16/2007)
- 10-Module Diagram
- 9-Module Diagram
- The Original 19-Module Set
Module Template
editDL Syllabi Analyses
edit- Computer Science DL Syllabi Reading Analysis: Resources for "Digital Library Education in Computer Science Programs, Pomerantz et al.", JCDL'07.
- Library and Information Science DL Syllabi Reading Analysis
Others
editProject Publications and Links
editJournal
edit- Pomerantz, J., Abbas, J., & Mostafa, J. (2009). Teaching Digital Library Concepts Using Digital Library Applications. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 10(1), 1-13.
- Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E. A., & Wildemuth, B. (2006). The Core: Digital Library Education in Library and Information Science Programs. D-Lib Magazine, 12(11). Supplementary material: Book_list, Journal_Article_list, Journal_list.
- Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (2006). Briefing: Digital libraries curriculum development. D-Lib Magazine 12(7/8).
Conference Papers / Posters
edit- Wildemuth, B.M, Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E.A. (2009). I-School as a Natural Home for Digital Libraries Education. Poster presented at iConference, February 8-11, 2009.Poster
- Wildemuth, B.M., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E.A. (2009). The Variety of Ways in Which Instructors Implement a Modular Digital Library Curriculum. Poster presented at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, June 15-19, 2009. Poster
- Yang, S., Levy, J., Miller, K., Pomerantz, J.P., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B.M., Fox, E.A. (2008). Two approaches to enhance the education for ETDs: Developing educational modules and migrating the ETD Guide into a community wiki. Paper presented at ETD 2008: The 11th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Aberdeen Scotland, June 4-7, 2008.Paper
- Yang, S., Wildemuth, B. Kim, S., Murthy, U., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S. & Fox, E. A. (2007). Further Development of a Digital Library Curriculum: Evaluation Approaches and New Tools. The 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 10-13, 2007. Paper, Presentation Slides
- Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B., Yang, S. & Fox, E. A. (2007). Digital Library Education in Computer Science Programs. The 7th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-23.Paper
- Yang, S., Oh, S., Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B., & Fox, E. A. (2007). Improving Education and Understanding of NDLTD. The 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 2007. Paper, Presentation Slides
- Abbas, j., Kim, K.-S., Wildemuth, B. M., Choi, Y., Mostafa, J., Brancolini, K., Pomerantz, J., Clobridge, A. (2006). Education for Digital Librarianship: Employer's Needs and How They Can Be Addressed. Panel presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, TX. Abstract
- Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B., Fox, E. A., & Yang, S. (2006). Curriculum Development for Digital Libraries. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (pp. 175-184). New York: Association for Computing Machinery. Paper in ACM DL, Powerpoint presentation, JCDL 2006 Conference site
- Yang, S., Fox, E. A., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006)Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development for Digital Library Education. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (pp. 61-70). Paper published by Springer Berlin, Slides are attached under 'Presentation slides', ICADL 2006 Conference site
Book Chapters
edit- Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2009). Core Topics in Digital Library Education . In Theng, Foo, Goh, and Na (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development and Impact (pp.493-505). IGI Global.
- Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006). Digital library education, curricula, modules, and resources. In Encyclopedia of Digital Libraries. Proposal accepted in 2006.
Presentations
edit- Pomerantz, J. (2008). Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Digital Library Curriculum. In J. Selthofer, T. Aparac-Jelušić & M. Krtalić (Eds.), Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2008 (pp. 143-148). Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia: Faculty of Philosophy, University J. J. Strossmayer and Rutgers University.Presentation Slides
- Wildemuth, B., & Fox, E. A. (2008). Preliminary Results from Field Testing of DL Curriculum Modules. JCDL Workshop: Education for Digital Stewardship: Librarians, Archivists or Curators? Pittsburge, PA, June 16-20. Presentation Slides
- Wildemuth, B.M. (2007). Bringing your library into view. Presented at Jinonice Monday's, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University, October 1, 2007. Presentation Slides
Project Reports
edit- Project Progress Report : August 11, 2006
- Project overview at UNC-CH : Slides for advisory board meeting at UNC-CH - June 14, 2006
- Project introduction at ETD '06 : Presentation in Quebec, Canada - June 10, 2006
- Project overview - VT : Slides for advisory board meeting at VT - May 1, 2006
Project Links
edit- Project Main Page
- Digital Library Curriculum WIKI homepage (password-protected)
- Project Progress Diary
- FAQ link
- NSF proposal
- NSF abstract
- NSF 1st year report
- NSF 2nd year report
- NSF 3rd year report
- NSF 4th year report