Using Open Source Systems for Digital Libraries
Price: $40.00
ISBN13: 9781591580652
ISBN10: 159158065X
Book code: LU065X
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback
| 176 pages
DOI: 10.1336/159158065X
Publication Date: 12/30/2003
DESCRIPTION
In a world of global networks and Internet time, digital libraries are becoming increasingly important in offering flexible, high-quality, and up-to-date resources to your patrons. Designed to ease the process of matching the community with the best content possible, this book provides a starting point for key technologies and the associated tools that make them usable. Introducing the concept of the digital library, Rhyno details the open source tools that are instrumental in developing many of the digital libraries in today's institutions, both from an introductory technical perspective and from the vantage point of the emerging community of users that is erecting the digital library.
REVIEWS
"[R]hyno's book does fill a gap in the literature, and this book is recommended for library technology and digital library collections, or for practicing librarians with an interest in digital libraries and/or open source software."?
"[D]esigned as a practical guide for readers wishing to build digital libraries through OSS....The author does an admirable job of tackling this technical subject, and he presents it in a logical and progressive way....Recommended."?
"Using Open Source Systems for Digital Libraries is a practical guide to using open source software (OSS) specifically for the purpose of building digital libraries and is highly recommended for librarians interested in the sustainability and usability of their digital projects. ...This book serves as a building manual for all types of libraries, whether just embarking or more experienced with digital collections, to plan to use OSS as a foundation."?
"A useful index, a glossary of terms, end notes, examples of OSS licensing concepts and an extensive list of further resources provide newcomers with everything they need to know about this topic. Even veteran OSS users and digital library planners will find this title to be a valuable tool for illuminating new opportunities for exploiting open source software and systems."?
CONTENTS
Scoping Out Content for Digital Libraries: A Tale of Documents, Multimedia, and Metadata
Important Protocols for Digital Libraries and OSS Options for Using Them
OSS Authoring Tools for Digital Libraries
OSS Tools for Presenting and Transforming XML
Relational Databases
Object and XML Databases
DL-Specific Databases
Scripting Languages and Regular Expressions
Plugging Digital Libraries into the Mainstream
Long Term Care and Feeding of Digital Libraries
Digital Library Resources and Open Source Resources on the Web
ART RHYNO received his graduate degree from the University of Western Ontario and is currently Head of the Systems Department of Leddy Library at the University of Windsor. He is widely published in the library literature and active in the standards work particularly in the pen systems movement.