Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories

Question 1

DLMS

Answer 1

Digital Library Management System

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DC

Answer 2

Dublin Core

Question 3

OAI-PMH

Answer 3

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

Question 4

RTF

Answer 4

Rich Text Format

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HTML

Answer 5

HyperText Markup Language

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PDF

Answer 6

Portable Document Format

Question 7

MPEG

Answer 7

Motion Picture Experts Group

Question 8

JPEG

Answer 8

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Question 9

DBMS

Answer 9

Database Management System

Question 10

OpenDOAR

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Directory of Open Access Repositories

Question 11

SEAFDEC

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Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

Question 12

SEAFDEC/AQD

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Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department

Question 13

SAIR

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SEAFDEC/AQD Institutional Repository

Question 14

WebAGRIS

Answer 14

Agricultural Science and Technology Information System

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FAO

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Food and Agriculture Organization

Question 16

What is a library?

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A managed and organized collection of information resources, of all kinds, with services provided so that the collection can be used effectively

Question 17

What is a digital library?

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It is a library without walls. It is computerized rather than physical which means information is stored in digital format and accessed over a computer network. It is an electronic information access system that offers the user a coherent view of an organized, selected and managed body of information.

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What is a hybrid library?

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A library that have both physical and digital collections and provide service both digitally and in a physical library place.

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What is a library portal?

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it is an interface to all digital information resources available to the library’s users

Question 20

Types of repository

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Digital repository and institutional repository

Question 21

What is a digital repository

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An organized store of digital information items

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An organized store of digital information items

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Digital Repository

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Institutional Repository

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A special kind of library, sometimes called open access archive. It is managed by an organization to make its own digital materials available

Question 24

A special kind of library, sometimes called open access archive. It is managed by an organization to make its own digital materials available

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Institutional Repository

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Important trends and technologies

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DLMS, Digitization, Digital Preservation, Access rights, Metadata

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A kind of software system which provides the functions for creating and managing a digital library collection, and providing services for the users service

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DLMS

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Converting print-on-paper resources to digital form, usually by scanning

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Digitization

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Information that was originally created in digital form

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Born digital

Question 29

Problems of Digital Preservation

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Hardware and software or data getting out of date and corruption or deterioration of storage media over time

Question 30

Solutions for the Problems of Digital Preservation

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Technology preservation, emulation, migration

Question 31

Making sure that all users have access to all the information which they are entitled to use, and no more

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Access Rights

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Problems in Digital Environment

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Contents are usually licensed, not owned, different users may have access to different materials; and some digital resources are ‘composite’, drawn from different sources

Question 33

Metadata

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Literally ‘data about data’, information about information resources, including the contents of digital libraries

Question 34

Metadata Format

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Dublin Core, PREMIS, OAI-PMH

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A simple format with just 15 elements: title, subject, publisher, date, etc. - to describe a information item

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Dublin Core

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Used to encode information about the preservation and archiving of digital material in repositories and digital libraries

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PREMIS

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Gives a framework by which metadata for different digital libraries and repositories can be combined and used together

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OAI-PMH

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Planning Steps

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1. Define need, purpose and user community 2. Select and analyze source materials 3. Determine digital library collection requirements and features 4. Plan approach to digitization 5. Determine resource requirements for project implementation 6. Prepare implementation schedule and timeline

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Why is planning important?

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Planning for digital libraries and repositories helps identify tasks related to the creation of the digital library, develop strategies for handling these tasks, and determine resources required and a timeline for accomplishing these tasks.

Question 40

Process of building a digital library

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Collection Acquisition, Collection Management, Content Dissemination and provision of services

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Electronic formats suitable for digital library material

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RTF, HTML, PDF, MPEG, JPEG

Question 42

Is a process in which a library gathers metadata records from other libraries and repositories, so that they can be searched as a part of the library's own collection.

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Harvesting

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Importance of Institutional Repository

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Institutional helps collecting, preserving, and sharing your institution's digital content online. It increases the consistency of workflow and policies regarding the preservation and archival. It also increase the visibility of your institution

Question 44

Five important examples of free, open source systems for managing digital libraries and repositories

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Greenstone, DSpace, Eprints, Fedora, WebAGRIS

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Digital Library Software

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Greenstone, WebAGRIS

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Repository Software

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DSpace, EPrints

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Flexible Software

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Fedora (able to do both functions, and more)