Personal Digital Libraries

Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch005 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 41-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juan C. Lavariega ◽

Lorena G. Gomez ◽

Martha Sordia-Salinas ◽

David A. Garza-Salazar

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Digital Documents

This chapter presents the services and functionality that a personal digital library (PDL) system should provide. The chapter includes a reference architecture for supporting the characteristics and functionality of the personal digital library. In particular, a currently available project called PDLib is used as an example of this type of system. The authors address some of the particular problems that personal libraries impose with respect to the overall administration of personal collections of digital documents and how personal libraries may become a commodity and a way of social interaction. The chapter objective is to increase the research interests on personalized digital libraries and their usability in our daily live.

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A Cloud-Oriented Reference Architecture to Digital Library Systems

Cloud Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6539-2.ch022 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 466-489

Author(s):

K. Palanivel ◽

S. Kuppuswami

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Search Engines ◽

Cloud Model ◽

Frame Of Reference ◽

Cloud Services ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Information Retrieval Systems ◽

Efficient Resource

Cloud computing is an emerging computing model which has evolved as a result of the maturity of underlying prerequisite technologies. There are differences in perspective as to when a set of underlying technologies becomes a “cloud” model. In order to categorize cloud computing services, and to expect some level of consistent characteristics to be associated with the services, cloud adopters need a consistent frame of reference. The Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (CCRA) defines a standard reference architecture and consistent frame of reference for comparing cloud services from different service providers when selecting and deploying cloud services to support their mission requirements. Cloud computing offers information retrieval systems, particularly digital libraries and search engines, a wide variety of options for growth and reduction of maintenance needs and encourages efficient resource use. These features are particularly attractive for digital libraries, repositories, and search engines. The dynamic and elastic provisioning features of a cloud infrastructure allow rapid growth in collection size and support a larger user base, while reducing management issues. Hence, the objective of this chapter is to investigate and design reference architecture to Digital Library Systems using cloud computing with scalability in mind. The proposed reference architecture is called as CORADLS. This architecture accelerates the rate at which library users can get easy, efficient, faster and reliable services in the digital environment. Here, the end user does not have to worry about the resource or disk space in cloud computing.

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Service-Oriented Reference Architecture for Digital Library Systems

Advances in Library and Information Science - Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4631-5.ch015 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 255-277

Author(s):

K. Palanivel ◽

S. Kuppuswami

Keyword(s):

Web Service ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Service Oriented Architecture ◽

The Internet ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Organizational Issues ◽

Service Oriented ◽

Physical Information ◽

Digital Library System

Developing and maintaining Digital Libraries requires substantial investments that are not simply a matter of technological decisions but also organizational issues. While digital libraries hold plenty of promise both now and for the future, they have been slow in taking off. Some digital libraries have either been completely abandoned or they have been put on hold indefinitely. One of the reasons for this predicament is that developers of digital libraries have approached their implementation the same traditional way of building applications, which is also akin to how structures of physical information organizations are built. Digital Libraries with their universal functionality may be even more flexible and reusable, if designed in a service-oriented manner. Such design should allow decreasing the effort of the creation of new digital libraries and the maintenance and scaling of currently existing large installations. Service-oriented architecture offers a better approach to building digital libraries, including streamlining business components, employing reusable services and connecting existing applications to communicate efficiently. The SOA is still a fairly new concept in DL systems. This chapter investigates the applicability of SOA as a fundamental architecture within the system. Its objective is to design a Service-Oriented Architecture for Digital Library System (DLS) using Web Service technology. SORADLS includes different layers which provide primitive services to the library applications built on top of the DLS. DLS techniques of personalization, alert, and caching build SORADLS as services. This architecture provides a fast, safe, convenient, and efficient service to users connected through the Internet.

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A Cloud-Oriented Reference Architecture to Digital Library Systems

Advances in Library and Information Science - Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4631-5.ch014 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 230-254

Author(s):

K. Palanivel ◽

S. Kuppuswami

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Search Engines ◽

Cloud Model ◽

Frame Of Reference ◽

Cloud Services ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Information Retrieval Systems ◽

Efficient Resource

Cloud computing is an emerging computing model which has evolved as a result of the maturity of underlying prerequisite technologies. There are differences in perspective as to when a set of underlying technologies becomes a “cloud” model. In order to categorize cloud computing services, and to expect some level of consistent characteristics to be associated with the services, cloud adopters need a consistent frame of reference. The Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (CCRA) defines a standard reference architecture and consistent frame of reference for comparing cloud services from different service providers when selecting and deploying cloud services to support their mission requirements. Cloud computing offers information retrieval systems, particularly digital libraries and search engines, a wide variety of options for growth and reduction of maintenance needs and encourages efficient resource use. These features are particularly attractive for digital libraries, repositories, and search engines. The dynamic and elastic provisioning features of a cloud infrastructure allow rapid growth in collection size and support a larger user base, while reducing management issues. Hence, the objective of this chapter is to investigate and design reference architecture to Digital Library Systems using cloud computing with scalability in mind. The proposed reference architecture is called as CORADLS. This architecture accelerates the rate at which library users can get easy, efficient, faster and reliable services in the digital environment. Here, the end user does not have to worry about the resource or disk space in cloud computing.

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Towards Building Reuse-Based Digital Libraries for National Universities in Patagonia

Journal of Computer Science and Technology ◽

10.24215/16666038.18.e10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (02) ◽

pp. e10

Author(s):

Alejandra Cechich ◽

Agustina Buccella ◽

Daniela Manrique ◽

Lucas Perez

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Distributed Environment ◽

Product Lines ◽

Reference Models ◽

Software Product ◽

Object Sharing

This article presents a case study exploring the use of software product lines and reference models as mechanisms of a reuse-based design process to build digital libraries. As a key component in a modern digital library, the reference architecture is responsible for helping define quality of the resulting repository. It is true that many efforts have been addressed towards providing interoperability; however, repositories are expected to provide high levels of reuse too, which goes beyond that of simple object sharing. This work presents the main steps we followed towards building a reusable digital library capable of accommodating such needs by (i) providing mechanisms to reuse resources, and (ii) enabling explicit sharing of commonalities in a distributed environment.

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Service-Oriented Reference Architecture for Digital Library Systems

Library Science and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch022 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 474-497

Author(s):

K. Palanivel ◽

S. Kuppuswami

Keyword(s):

Web Service ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Service Oriented Architecture ◽

The Internet ◽

Reference Architecture ◽

Organizational Issues ◽

Service Oriented ◽

Physical Information ◽

Digital Library System

Developing and maintaining Digital Libraries requires substantial investments that are not simply a matter of technological decisions but also organizational issues. While digital libraries hold plenty of promise both now and for the future, they have been slow in taking off. Some digital libraries have either been completely abandoned or they have been put on hold indefinitely. One of the reasons for this predicament is that developers of digital libraries have approached their implementation the same traditional way of building applications, which is also akin to how structures of physical information organizations are built. Digital Libraries with their universal functionality may be even more flexible and reusable, if designed in a service-oriented manner. Such design should allow decreasing the effort of the creation of new digital libraries and the maintenance and scaling of currently existing large installations. Service-oriented architecture offers a better approach to building digital libraries, including streamlining business components, employing reusable services and connecting existing applications to communicate efficiently. The SOA is still a fairly new concept in DL systems. This chapter investigates the applicability of SOA as a fundamental architecture within the system. Its objective is to design a Service-Oriented Architecture for Digital Library System (DLS) using Web Service technology. SORADLS includes different layers which provide primitive services to the library applications built on top of the DLS. DLS techniques of personalization, alert, and caching build SORADLS as services. This architecture provides a fast, safe, convenient, and efficient service to users connected through the Internet.

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Livros Raros em Bibliotecas Digitais: Preservação e Acesso

10.31219/osf.io/evx7m ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

FRANCISCO CARLOS PALETTA ◽

Leandro Raniero Fernandes

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Digital Preservation ◽

Virtual Library ◽

Electronic Library ◽

Rare Book ◽

Digital Documents ◽

Restoration Practices ◽

Rare Books ◽

The Relationship

Resumo: O trabalho analisa o uso das bibliotecas digitais na preservação de livros raros e em seu acesso a esses livros, caracterizando a noção de livro raro na Biblioteconomia ao mesmo tempo em que diferencia as noções de biblioteca eletrônica, virtual, digital e o processo de automação de bibliotecas. A partir destas distinções e da relação entre as práticas de conservação e restauro aplicadas aos livros raros e a preservação de documentos digitais, investiga as possibilidades de preservação e acesso propiciadas pelas bibliotecas digitais aos livros raros, tendo o levantamento e revisão bibliográficos como métodos adotados para a pesquisa. http://edicic2015.org.es/ucmdocs/actas/art/170-Raniero_livros-raros.pdfAbstract: The paper analyzes the use of digital libraries in the preservation and access of rare books in libraries, featuring the notion of rare book librarianship at the same time that differentiates the concepts of electronic library, virtual library, digital library and libraries automation process. From these distinctions and of the relationship between conservation and restoration practices applied to rare books and preservation of digital documents, investigates the possibilities of preservation and access offered by digital libraries to rare books, with the survey and bibliographic review as methods adopted for this research. Keywords: Rare Books, Digital Library, Virtual Library, Digital Preservation.

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Perceptions of usability and usefulness of digital libraries

International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing ◽

10.3366/ijhac.2012.0044 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 6 (1-2) ◽

pp. 133-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Krystyna K. Matusiak

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Academic Libraries ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

User Intention ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Content Coverage ◽

Visual Materials

This paper provides an overview of a case study research that investigated the use of Digital Library (DL) resources in two undergraduate classes and explored faculty and students' perceptions of educational digital libraries. This study found that students and faculty use academic DLs primarily for textual resources, but turn to the open Web for visual and multimedia resources. The study participants did not perceive academic libraries as a useful source of digital images and used search engines when searching for visual resources. The limited use of digital library resources for teaching and learning is associated with perceptions of usefulness and ease of use, especially if considered in a broader information landscape, in conjunction with other library information systems, and in the context of Web resources. The limited use of digital libraries is related to the following perceptions: 1) Library systems are not viewed as user-friendly, which in turn discourages potential users from trying DLs provided by academic libraries; 2) Academic libraries are perceived as places of primarily textual resources; perceptions of usefulness, especially in regard to relevance of content, coverage, and currency, seem to have a negative effect on user intention to use DLs, especially when searching for visual materials.

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The International Children’s Digital Library: A Case Study in Designing for a Multilingual, Multicultural, Multigenerational Audience

Information Technology and Libraries ◽

10.6017/ital.v24i1.3358 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 4 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Hilary Browne Hutchinson ◽

Anne Rose ◽

Benjamin B. Bederson ◽

Ann Carlson Weeks ◽

Allison Druin

Keyword(s):

Children's Literature ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Children’S Literature ◽

Design Criteria

The challenges encountered in building the InternationalChildren’s Digital Library (ICDL), a freely availableonline library of children’s literature are described. Thesechallenges include selecting and processing books fromdifferent countries, handling and presenting multiplelanguages simultaneously, and addressing cultural differences. Unlike other digital libraries that present content from one or a few languages and cultures, and focuson either adult or child audiences, ICDL must serve amultilingual, multicultural, multigenerational audience.The research is presented as a case study for addressingthese design criteria; current solutions and plans forfuture work are described.

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Building digital collections in a public university library in Ghana: priority-setting and user needs assessment

Collection Building ◽

10.1108/cb-10-2013-0040 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 38-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nesba Yaa Anima Adzobu

Keyword(s):

Needs Assessment ◽

Digital Library ◽

Priority Setting ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Academic Library ◽

User Needs ◽

Digital Collections ◽

Content Type ◽

User Communities ◽

Library User

Purpose – Although user needs assessment is an intrinsic element of service quality delivery in digital libraries (DLs), not much has been written on this topic in the context of African universities. This is understandable as academic digital libraries in Africa are rather nascent. Even so, the most frequently-used needs assessment methods do not directly involve the users. This study aims to assess priority setting by academic library administrators and the needs of patrons of digital collections of a public university library in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of official university documents and interviews with digital library patrons at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana were carried out between September, 2011 and January, 2012. Five research questions were asked: what are the current conditions of the UCC digital library project, the user communities and their needs, what are the priorities set by the university administrators and library leaders at the UCC and the state of technological readiness in place and what are needed by the UCCDL. Also, what is the extent of collaboration by interested parties in the UCCDL? Findings – Three general digital library user communities were identified, that is, UCCDL staff- this community was composed of experts in both digital library systems and content, characterized as heavy users of the existing systems, as knowledgeable about articulated (formalized) user needs, and able to devote short (usually less than two hours) amounts of time to individual's needs. Next, are scholars and other visitors to the UCCDL – this community was characterized as having high levels of domain expertise and knowledge of library systems. They are also able to devote large but specific amounts of time (days or weeks) to their individual information needs. Visitors/Prospective users- this community was characterized as having varied levels of domain expertise and low levels of library systems knowledge. They are able to devote only short periods of time to their information needs or explorations. These user communities are influenced by diverse preferences, experiences, and knowledge structures. Practical implications – Academic libraries are increasingly advocating local user studies as a way to provide the digital library services that are relevant to the culture and user population of the academic institution. Replicating digital library user studies at the local level can provide information for improving existing services or developing new ones. Originality/value – In African public universities, there is little earlier research on digital library user needs assessments or DL priority-setting by academic library administrators.

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