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.

Multi-Ion Beam Lithography and Processing Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill R. Appleton ◽  
Sefaattin Tongay ◽  
Maxime Lemaitre ◽  
Brent Gila ◽  
David Hays ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Beam ◽  
Mass Separation ◽  
Morphological Transformation ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Temporal Precision ◽  
Ion Beam Lithography ◽  
Si Nanocrystals ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Liquid Metal Alloy ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTThe University of Florida (UF) have recently collaborated with Raith Inc. to modify Raith’s ion beam lithography, nanofabrication and engineering (ionLiNE) station that utilizes only Ga ions, into a multi-ion beam system (MionLiNE) by adding the capabilities to use liquid metal alloy sources (LMAIS) to access a variety of ions and an EXB filter for mass separation. The MionLiNE modifications discussed below provide a wide range of spatial and temporal precision that can be used to investigate ion solid interactions under extended boundary conditions, as well as for ion lithography and nanofabrication. Here we demonstrate the ion beam lithographic capabilities of the MionLiNE for fabricating patterned arrays of Au and Si nanocrystals, with nanoscale dimensions, in SiO2 substrates, by direct implantation; and show that the same directwrite/maskless-implantation features can be used for in situ fabrication of nanoelectronic devices. Additionally, the spatial and temporal capabilities of the MionLiNE are used to explore the effects of dose rate on the long-standing surface morphological transformation that occurs in ion bombarded Ge.

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 E-libraries as a resource to support learning and scientific activities at universities

2019 ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
N. Vtyurina
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Library System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
State Pedagogical ◽  
Digital Library System ◽  
State Educational

The university libraries are to support traditional and digital access to the learning, academic, research and information resources and to maintain modern information and library space. According to the Federal State Educational Standard (FGOS), and due to the growth of distance learning forms, the students must have access to the wide range of digital resources. Thus, along with subscribing to external digital library systems and databases, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University Library maintains the University’s digital library system. The author discusses new approaches and solutions for designing repositories and organization of information resources, methods and instruments for users to access them. As the case study of Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, acquisition of the University’s Digital Library System collection is discussed as well as the Interuniveristy E-library which is the integrated union database of universities’ digital documents providing general access to the digital resources of the member universities. The membership in the Interuniveristy E-library enables universities to support educational programs with electronic resources; enables students, post-graduates and the faculty to keep track of digital publications by the member universities; provides the platform for the faculty to place on and to promote their works.

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. 

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.

Evaluation of Digital Collections and Political Visibility of the Library

2018 ◽  
pp. 64-89
Author(s):  
Enrique Wulff
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Computer Processing ◽  
The Political ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Fundamental Parameters ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Detailed Work

The purpose of this chapter is to track the progress of the work of assessment of the digital collection at the library, as regards the periodical analysis on the effective ways of consulting different types of digital documents (text, sound or visual). It is important to understand the fundamental parameters prepared by the digital library, because as a result of nearly open access it is based on a resource that is for the most part not controlled and is monetarily undervalued. The digital library puts in place an evaluation structure that is specific. The knowledge of what the data collection system in use is, especially the recording, computer processing and statistical analysis, merit further study and the interest of a detailed work. The chapter is within the context of the researches advocating the use of statistics for the establishment of a digital collection plan. This chapter aims to serve the widest audience possible, and it will focus its initial efforts on the political visibility of libraries.

Scaling Back for an "Experimental" Collection

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark F. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
General Public ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Library Services ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Digital Library Services ◽  
Mass Digitization ◽  
The University

Digital Library Services (DLS) at the University of Iowa Libraries has progressively worked toward coordinating more large-scale, “left-to-right” digitization projects both within the libraries and across campus, moving away from model of web exhibits that were often created before the department was formed in 2005. However, a variety of situations still call for small-scale projects. This chapter, describing the design and production of the “W9XK Experimental Television Digital Collection”, attempts to show that small-scale digitization projects can bridge that gap, and yield collections that rise above the level of web exhibits in their usefulness to scholars and the general public by limiting exclusive selection and promoting comprehensiveness. While mirroring this approach of mass-digitization, digital librarians can also use curatorial decisions and software functionality to further assist users of these small-scale collections.

scholarly journals Encouraging users to pop in: Popcorn Day in the medical library

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
Natasha Williams ◽  
Shalu Gillum
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Print Materials ◽  
The University

New libraries are constantly challenged to adapt how their spaces are used. This is the case even more so for libraries with primarily digital collections. As a brand new 21st-century library with only a few print materials and a 98% digital collection, it was important for the University of Central Florida Harriet Ginsburg Health Sciences Library to promote use of our space to existing users, and to establish the library space itself as a valuable resource to its faculty, staff, and students. This would be accomplished through the development of novel outreach activities, including one of our more unique and successful experiences—Popcorn Day.

scholarly journals Sistem Repositori Tugas Akhir Mahasiswa dengan Fungsi Peringkat Okapi BM25

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Ellysa Tjandra ◽  
Monica Widiasri
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Current System ◽  
Search Display ◽  
Ranking Method ◽  
Application Software ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Project Documentation ◽  
Digital Library System ◽  
The University ◽  
Simple Query

Abstrak— Saat ini Jurusan Teknik Informatika Universitas ’X’ mewajibkan mahasiswa yang telah selesai tugas akhir untuk mengumpulkan hasil karya mereka dalam bentuk softcopy (CD) yang berisi program aplikasi dan dokumentasi, serta hardcopy (dalam bentuk buku laporan dan jurnal). Karya tersebut disimpan di perpustakaan secara fisik dan beberapa data disimpan di Digital Library Universitas ’X’. Namun keterbatasan sistem yang ada saat ini menyebabkan kesulitan pencarian hasil karya tugas akhir, karena teknik/metode yang digunakan untuk melakukan pencarian dibuat dalam bentuk query sederhana dengan kriteria yang masih terbatas, tanpa pengurutan dengan peringkat. Selain itu, kepala lab di jurusan juga menemui kesulitan dalam melakukan pemetaan bidang keahlian dari tugas akhir yang dikerjakan oleh mahasiswa di masing-masing lab. Berbagai permasalahan tersebut melatarbelakangi penelitian ini, sehingga diperlukan adanya sistem yang dapat membantu jurusan dalam menyimpan hasil karya tugas akhir mahasiswa, mempermudah pencarian, serta menampilkannya. Pencarian tugas akhir pada penelitian ini berdasarkan query yang diinput oleh pengguna menggunakan metode pencarian fungsi Okapi BM25. Dengan fungsi peringkat Okapi BM25 maka hasil karya dapat ditampilkan dengan urutan peringkat sesuai relevansinya.Kata Kunci— repositori, tugas akhir, Okapi, BM25Abstract— Every student in Department of Informatics University 'X' who has completed final project must submit their work in both softcopy (CD) – which containing the documentation and application software – and hardcopy, containing final project documentation and journal report. Currently students hardcopies are stored physically in the university library and some information are stored in the Digital Library System of University 'X'. But there are some difficulties of finding those information in the current system. The system only use simple query method with very limited criteria. The query results are being displayed by the system without any ranking method. In addition, Kalab (lab manager in the department) also encountered difficulties in mapping expertise areas of students final project in their lab. The purpose of this research aims to build a repository system to help the department to store students final project results, also makes it easy to search, display, and being managed. The system also clusters, ranks and displays a set of students final project documents according to some given queries using Okapi BM25 function.Keywords— repository, final project, Okapi, BM25

scholarly journals Partnership of Digital Libraries Hathi Trust Digital Library: the New Mode of Cooperation

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Tatiana E. Savitskaya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Digital Collection

There is analysed the activities of digital libraries partnership Hathi Trust Digital Library (HTDL), arose in October 2008 in the United States as a collaborative repository of digital collections of library systems of 13 universities in the U.S. Middle West and digital collections of 11 universities in California (now numbering 124 libraries). In the United States — the leader of IT-technologies — has been accumulated the vast experience in the field of organization of electronic resources, carried out a large-scale reorganization of library industry, the results of which are not sufficiently covered in the domestic library science. For the first time, the Russian library community is invited to learn the specific experience of the formation and operation of the partnership of digital libraries HTDL, based on the principle of institutional cooperation and coordination of management solutions in the conservation and maintenance of electronic collections.The main tasks of the distributed data warehouse belonging to the partnership group of large research libraries are: providing access to the digital collection first of all for collective users, libraries — co-founders; preservation of intellectual heritage through reliable and accessible electronic representation, improvement of open technological infrastructure. The HTML concept is based on the conscious preservation of the specificity of research libraries, when the user is offered a body of special catalogued literature, and the ranking of search results is not influenced by the commercial interests. It is noted that HTDL is built on the basis of an extensive network of interlibrary entities in the United States with extensive cooperation in the field of administration, cataloguing, and storage of printed materials.There are considered the priority achievements of Hathi Trust Digital Library: development of the new models of interlibrary cooperation, efficient distributed management structure, transparent scheme of payment calculation of infrastructure maintenance. The dynamics of the development of this resource from the moment of formation to the present time is analysed.

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