scholarly journals Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Phillips ◽  
Mary Burke ◽  
Hannah Tarver ◽  
Oksana Zavalina
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of North Texas ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Language Representation ◽  
Language Data ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Digital Language

Building a digital language archive requires a number of steps to ensure collecting, describing, preserving, and providing access to language data in effective and efficient ways. The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) group has partnered with the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library to build a series of interconnected digital collections that leverage existing UNT technical and metadata infrastructure to provide access to data from and for various language communities. This article introduces the reader to the background of this project and discusses some of the important for representing language materials areas where UNT metadata has needed flexibility to better fit the needs of intended audiences. These areas include a workflow for standardized language representation (the Language field), defining roles for persons related to the item (Creator and Contributor fields), and representing interconnections between related items (the Relation field). Although further work is needed to improve language data representation in the CoRSAL digital language archive, we believe the model adopted by our team and lessons learned could benefit others in the language archiving community.

scholarly journals Understanding Connections: Examining Digital Library and Institutional Repository Use Overlap

Publications ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Mark E. Phillips ◽  
Pamela Andrews ◽  
Ana Krahmer
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Texas History ◽  
North Texas ◽  
University Of North Texas ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Oklahoma History ◽  
Text Searching ◽  
The University

The University of North Texas Libraries’ Digital Collections are situated as a unified whole within their preservation infrastructure, with three separate user interfaces serving the content to different audiences. These separate interfaces are: The UNT Digital Library (DL), The Portal to Texas History, and The Gateway to Oklahoma History. Situated within each interface are collections, and hosted within these collections are digital objects. One collection, the UNT Scholarly Works Repository, specifically serves UNT’s research and creative contributions and functions as the Institutional repository (IR) for the University of North Texas. Because UNT Scholarly works is seated as a collection amongst other collections, users can access faculty research, not just out of an interest in research from specific faculty members, but also as it ties into the user’s broader understanding of a given topic. With flexible infrastructure and metadata schema that connect collections beneath the umbrella of the wider preservation infrastructure, the UNT DL employs full-text searching and interlinked metadata to strengthen and make visible the connections between objects in different collections. This paper examined how users navigated between other collections within the UNT IR, as well as within the UNT DL. Through this examination, we observed patterns between how users navigated between objects, understood which collections may have related to one another, examined why some unique items were used more than others, and viewed the average number of items used within a session.

Evaluation of the accessibility of archival cartographic documents in digital libraries

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1062-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Kuzma ◽  
Albina Moscicka
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Metadata Record ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

Purpose This paper aims to present the authors’ attempts to evaluate the access to archival maps available in digital libraries. Its aim was to pinpoint the factors determining the effectiveness of access to old maps and to evaluate which Polish libraries provide resources in such a way as to give the users the best chance of finding the materials necessary for their research. Design/methodology/approach The presented research focussed on archival documents from academic libraries accessible from the Polish Digital Libraries Federation and available from Europeana Collections. The evaluation criteria were established along with features that determine the level of difficulty of access to data describing archival documents. The research took into account the way of recording the data about archival documents in metadata. The authors have also analysed the quantity of available resources and the consistency of metadata record. Findings The results of the research have demonstrated that one-third of the analysed libraries deserve a positive evaluation. The digital library of the Warsaw University and the Jagiellonian Digital Library received the best scores in terms of the description of archival documents. Considering the number of resources, the Jagiellonian Digital Library and the Digital Library of the University of Wrocław are positively distinguished. Originality/value The method of evaluating the access to archival maps has been developed. The criteria and features necessary for this evaluation and the way of their interpretation have also been defined. The future goals leading to the improvement of the access to the archival maps have been also presented.

scholarly journals Digital collections: practices of preservation and treatment of works

Texto Digital ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Nunes de Sousa ◽  
Emanoel Cesar Pires de Assis
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Data Organization ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
The City

Given the current context, an age of technological innovations, thinking about old books in the printed format and not correlating them to the new moment is perhaps not the best of the alternatives, especially if we consider paper’s fragility. However, a question is necessary: What, after all, are the advantages of using digital support in the process of preserving a literary collection? Regarding the possible answers, we can say that there are many benefits gained from this process. Among them, we have the ease and speed of access to data and information, in addition to the democratization of knowledge. Thus, thinking of such advantages, the present study aims to present the possibilities of research in digital collections, as well as the preservation practices executed with literary collections in the city of Caxias-MA. In this article, we detail quantitative and qualitative researches that consist of data organization and systematization processes, available on the website Digital Library of Literature in Maranhão (https://www.literaturamaranhense.ufsc.br), these researches are based on the ideas of Boeres and Faria (2012), Braga and Diemer (2010), Cúrcio (2006), Di Giorgi (1980), Freitas (2007), Greenhalgh (2011), Lopes (2017), Mota (2014), Monteiro (2009), Reifschneider (2008), Rocha (2012), Santarém Segundo (2014), Sousa and Assis (2018), Sousa, Correia and Assis (2018), Scheibe (2008) and Valle and Araújo (2005).

scholarly journals It’s How Many Terabytes?! A Case Study on Managing Large Born Digital Audio-visual Acquisitions

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Laura Uglean Jackson ◽  
Matthew McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Policy And Procedure

In October 2014, the University of California Irvine (UCI) Special Collections and Archives acquired a born digital collection of 2.5 terabytes – the largest born digital collection acquired by the department to date. This case study describes the challenges we encountered when applying existing archival procedures to appraise, store, and provide access to a large born digital collection. It discusses solutions when they could be found and ideas for solutions when they could not, lessons learned from the experience, and the impact on born-digital policy and procedure at UCI Libraries. Working with a team of archivists, librarians, IT, and California Digital Library (CDL) staff, we discovered issues and determined solutions that will guide our procedures for future acquisitions of large and unwieldy born digital collections. 

scholarly journals Developing a Minimalist Multilingual Full-text Digital Library Solution for Disconnected Remote Library Partners

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Digby
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Internet Availability ◽  
Digital Library System ◽  
The University

The University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries have been involved in a wide range of partnered digital collection projects throughout the years with a focus on collaborating with institutions across the Caribbean region. One of the countries that we have a number of digitization projects within is Cuba. One of these partnerships is with the library of the Temple Beth Shalom (Gran Sinagoga Bet Shalom) in Havana, Cuba. As part of this partnership, we have sent personnel over to Cuba to do onsite scanning and digitization of selected materials found within the institution. The digitized content from this project was brought back to UF and loaded into our University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC) system. Because internet availability and low bandwidth are issues in Cuba, the Synagogue’s ability to access the full-text digitized content residing on UFDC was an issue. The Synagogue also did not have a local digital library system to load the newly digitized content. To respond to this need we focused on providing a minimalist technology solution that was highly portable to meet their desire to conduct full-text searches within their library on their digitized content. This article will explore the solution that was developed using a USB flash drive loaded with a PortableApps version of Zotero loaded with multilingual OCR’s documents.

Documenting contemporary regional history: the Utah COVID-19 digital collection

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-414
Author(s):  
Anna L. Neatrour ◽  
Jeremy Myntti ◽  
Rachel J. Wittmann
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Of Utah ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Purpose When faced with events, such as the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), libraries have a unique opportunity to develop a community facing response through born-digital collections. These collections provide challenges for metadata creation, collection development policies, workflows, and digital preservation. This paper aims to provide an overview of the Utah COVID-19 digital collection, with a discussion of impact and lessons learned. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a case study of a born-digital collection initiative undertaken at the University of Utah in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project prompted engagement with the University of Utah communities and people across the state. Workflows, metadata management and partnerships are discussed, to provide a model for institutions developing similar projects during a time of crisis. Findings While the project was launched with open-ended and flexible goals, the response from the community has been both surprising and gratifying. Statistics and examples demonstrating reuse of collection materials are provided to highlight the impact and potential of community engagement. Originality/value Digital collecting projects during a historical event are not new, however the restrictions placed upon people worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic created interesting circumstances for building this collection. Several lessons were learned throughout the project which will be useful for other institutions embarking upon related projects.

Digital Collections at a Distance: Telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Laura M. Gentry
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University

This case study explores how one team tasked with the creation of digital collections at The University of Alabama Libraries succeeded at telework to carry on its essential functions despite not being able to digitize new content from March through July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Managers of similar units will gain strategies to create similar telework projects at their institution and lessons learned while working and supervising employees remotely.

Adventures in Migrating Massive Archival Collections to Digital Commons

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
Michelle Emanuel
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
University Of Mississippi ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
The University

Abstract Giant collections of compound objects, with messy metadata, led to migration in batches and lessons learned. When the University of Mississippi Libraries implemented a campus-wide institutional repository, it also became necessary to use the same platform for nearly 100 digital collections, requiring migration from a locally hosted instance of CONTENTdm to the cloud-based Digital Commons. Because the collections were primarily comprised of compound objects, it was difficult to use harvesting protocol to populate the new repository, requiring new access copies to be reconfigured and uploaded as batches from the local servers after extensive metadata remediation.

scholarly journals Adapted Services by University Libraries from the Lockdown to the Post-Pandemic Period: The Case of USST

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Donglin Ge
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Epidemic Period ◽  
Reference Service ◽  
User Access ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

As public assembly occupancies, academic libraries in China have been implementing effective strategies in response to the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic since January 2020, in order to meet the teaching, learning, and researching needs of the faculties and students due to the closure of libraries. The library at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) is one of the typical cases with significantly increased user access during the pandemic. In this article, a reflection is made on the emergency measures and endeavours by the library in USST to adapt various services, including digital resources guarantee while working remotely, moving from an offline reference service to online ones, extending circulation from an in-door service to an out-door service, the use of social media, and so on, in order to discuss the emerging problems and to analyze the lessons learned. On this basis, this article proposes suggestions for university libraries to realign their development directions and measures to digital collections and online services as well as to improve the vocational skills of librarians in the post-epidemic period, so as to provide more professional, active, and considerate services in the future.

scholarly journals From Digital Library to Open Datasets

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Wittmann ◽  
Anna Neatrour ◽  
Rebekah Cummings ◽  
Jeremy Myntti
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Data Movement ◽  
Humanities Faculty ◽  
Open Datasets ◽  
The University

This article discusses the burgeoning “collections as data” movement within the fields of digital libraries and digital humanities. Faculty at the University of Utah’s Marriott Library are developing a collections as data strategy by leveraging existing Digital Library and Digital Matters programs. By selecting various digital collections, small- and large-scale approaches to developing open datasets are explored. Five case studies chronicling this strategy are reviewed, along with testing the datasets using various digital humanities methods, such as text mining, topic modeling, and GIS (geographic information system).

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