scholarly journals Checking In With Google Books, HathiTrust, and the DPLA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Eichenlaub
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Quality Issues ◽  
Project History ◽  
State Of The Environment

Google Books and HathiTrust have been making headlines in the library world and beyond for years now, while a new player, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), has only recently entered the scene. This article will provide a “state of the environment” update for these digital library projects including project history and background. It will also examine some challenges common to all three projects including copyright, orphan works, metadata, and quality issues

scholarly journals Checking In With Google Books, HathiTrust, and the DPLA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Eichenlaub
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Quality Issues ◽  
Project History ◽  
State Of The Environment

Google Books and HathiTrust have been making headlines in the library world and beyond for years now, while a new player, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), has only recently entered the scene. This article will provide a “state of the environment” update for these digital library projects including project history and background. It will also examine some challenges common to all three projects including copyright, orphan works, metadata, and quality issues

Open E-Resources in Libraries

2015 ◽  
pp. 133-160
Author(s):  
Vesna Injac-Malbaša
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Online Journals ◽  
The World ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Open Archives

In general, electronic resources include articles, online journals, e-books, e-theses, databases, Websites, portals, gateways, blogs, etc. The author distinguishes Open Access (OA) resources mainly intended for researchers and open digital heritage mainly intended for the general public. The author's objective is to present the background of OA resources, different OA initiatives and software, first institutional repositories, open archives browsers and harvesters, open access registries, activities in Europe and UNESCO, and personalities who are the most important advocates of OA. Concerning the open digital heritage, the author's objective is to present the most important international and national projects like the European Library, Europeana, the World Digital Library, Gutenberg Project, Google Books Project, Hathitrust Digital Library, Digital Public Library of America, International Children's Digital Library, the Library of Congress Digital Library, Gallica of the French National Library, National Digital Library of China, etc. The author's opinion is that libraries have to accept all challenges of the open e-resources for researchers and open digital heritage and that the future of open access for all users is not impossible. The world's knowledge should be accessible as a public good to every citizen of the planet.

Open E-Resources in Libraries

2013 ◽  
pp. 166-194
Author(s):  
Vesna Injac-Malbaša
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Online Journals ◽  
The World ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Open Archives

In general, electronic resources include articles, online journals, e-books, e-theses, databases, Websites, portals, gateways, blogs, etc. The author distinguishes Open Access (OA) resources mainly intended for researchers and open digital heritage mainly intended for the general public. The author’s objective is to present the background of OA resources, different OA initiatives and software, first institutional repositories, open archives browsers and harvesters, open access registries, activities in Europe and UNESCO, and personalities who are the most important advocates of OA. Concerning the open digital heritage, the author’s objective is to present the most important international and national projects like the European Library, Europeana, the World Digital Library, Gutenberg Project, Google Books Project, Hathitrust Digital Library, Digital Public Library of America, International Children’s Digital Library, the Library of Congress Digital Library, Gallica of the French National Library, National Digital Library of China, etc. The author’s opinion is that libraries have to accept all challenges of the open e-resources for researchers and open digital heritage and that the future of open access for all users is not impossible. The world’s knowledge should be accessible as a public good to every citizen of the planet.

Massive Digital Libraries (MDLs) and the Impact of Mass-Digitized Book Collections

2021 ◽  
pp. 1782-1795
Author(s):  
Andrew Philip Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Public Library ◽  
User Privacy ◽  
Internet Archive ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
National Libraries ◽  
The Impact

This chapter describes the characteristics of massive digital libraries (MDLs) and outlines their impact upon current information science issues, especially digital collection metadata, copyright and fair use, the diversity of source collections, and user privacy. MDLs rival physical libraries' print holdings in size, breadth, and depth, often approaching a scale previously found only among library consortia or national libraries. The concept further intersects the digital library with the wider development of ‘big data.' Examples include Google Books, HathiTrust, Internet Archive, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), California Digital Library, Texas Digital Library, Gallica, and Europeana.

scholarly journals One Attempt to Create a Digital Library From Scratch

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Dewees
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Local History

A description of the work engaged in creating a new subject focused digital library around architectural collections contained in the Local History and Genealogy department of a public library. The process involves using Omeka as a contextualization layer for records stored in Ohio Memory, a statewide digital library using CONTENTdm as a platform.

scholarly journals I servizi offerti da una digital library

DigItalia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-62
Author(s):  
Dalila Segoni
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Sono State

Le digital library tendono sempre più a connotarsi non solo come ricche e variegate collezioni di risorse culturali ma come sistemi organizzati di servizi orientati agli utenti finali, percepiti non solo come consumatori di contenuti digitali ma anche come produttori attivi di contenuti. Piattaforme come Facebook e YouTube dimostrano che, quando i sistemi sono semplici da utilizzare e con finalità di interesse, gli utenti li utilizzano anche per contribuire con propri contenuti, quindi il loro coinvolgimento aumenta e la loro interazione diventa più attiva. In questa prospettiva, l'analisi che segue intende dimostrare come, nonostante qualche positivo esperimento, la strada per l'evoluzione delle digital library è quasi del tutto da esplorare. Partendo da un’analisi della natura e delle definizioni dei “servizi digitali”, sono state esaminate alcune importanti biblioteche digitali internazionali – Europeana Collections e la Digital Public Library of America – descrivendo le funzionalità e gli strumenti che mettono a disposizione degli utenti, al fine di definire una proposta di catalogo dei servizi necessari per lo sviluppo delle biblioteche digitali dedicate al patrimonio culturale.

Digital Library Promotion Project Boosts the Chinese Library Community

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Lv Shuping ◽  
Wen Quan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
National Library ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Library Community ◽  
National Library Of China

Abstract This paper describes the development of the Digital Library Promotion Project (DLPP) at the National Library of China and the ways in which it has enhanced the access to cultural heritage. In May 2011, China launched the DLPP as one of a series of digital library initiatives which have been developed in recent years. By building an interconnected and distributed digital library platform and resource clusters, and providing digital cultural services in a variety of media, the DLPP enhances public library services in China. The authors found that digital projects such as the DLPP enrich social discourse and increase access to China’s cultural heritage.

Quality and Interoperability

2011 ◽  
pp. 48-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Ferro
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Quality Issues

This chapter deals with the problem of defining and assessing the quality of a digital library. The chapter will provide a brief excursus on the evolution of digital libraries and their current complexity to make it clear that there is a strong need for systematic and exhaustive models which precisely define what digital libraries are and encompass a model for the quality of digital libraries. In this context, the authors will present an overview of the DELOS Reference Model for digital libraries and they will go into details about how quality has been modelled in it. The authors will also compare this model to another formal model for digital libraries, which is the Stream, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, Societies (5S) model. The discussion addressed in the chapter will not be limited to quality issues but will show how quality impact on various dimensions of the digital library universe. In particular, they will discuss how quality relates to interoperability. To this end, they will describe the conceptual model for interoperability developed in support to the European Digital Library initiative and will highlight its relationships with the quality domain in the DELOS Reference Model. Finally, the authors will outlook some future directions that may be pursued to improve and automate the assessment and evaluation of quality in digital libraries.

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