Regional digital libraries

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Regional digital libraries

• Marcin Werla
• Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
• mwerla_at_man.poznan.pl

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Agenda

• Short introduction
• Digital library
• dLibra Digital Library Framework
• Regional digital libraries
• Digital Library of Wielkopolska

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Digital library

• Basic functional requirements
• Storing digital objects and their descriptions
  (metadata)
• Diversity of digital objects
• Digital format
• Quality
• Diversity of metadata

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Digital library

• Basic functional requirements
• Preservation of stored objects and metadata
• Migration between various digital formats
• Migration between different storage technologies

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Digital library

• Basic functional requirements
• Access to stored objects and metadata
• Large number of stored objects
• Presentation of diverse objects (content, format,
  structure etc.)
• Intellectual property rights

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Digital library
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What is dLibra?

• Complex digital library software
• Developed in PSNC since 1999
• First Polish digital library software
• Project website http//dlibra.psnc.pl/

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What is dLibra?

• dLibra installations
• 2002
• Wielkopolska Digital Library
• 2004
• Dolnoslaska Digital Library
• 2005
• Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library
• Zielonogórska Digital Library
• Lódz University of Technology Digital Library

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What is dLibra?

• dLibra installations
• 2005 continued
• Wroclaw University Digital Library
• Malopolska Digital Library
• 2006
• Pedagogical Digital Library
• Warsaw University of Technology Digital Library

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Structure of dLibra-based digital library
Browse, search, read
Digital library
Readers application WWW pages
Editors and administrators application
Libraries
Readers
Adding new publications, administration
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Regional digital libraries

• Wielkopolska
• Dolnoslaska
• Kujawsko Pomorska
• Zielonogórska
• Malopolska
• Dolnoslaska

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Regional digital library model

• Participants
• Institutions and private persons from the region
• Coordination
• Separate institution
• Consortium of libraries with one representative

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Regional digital library model

• Common
• Thematic collections
• Metadata schema
• Description rules
• Allows to create coherent information about the
  digital library content

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Regional digital library model

• Visibility of participating libraries in digital
  library
• Information in metadata
• Exlibris and link to library website
• Statistics

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Regional digital library model

• Single dLibra installation
• Hosted by regional network operator or university
  computing center
• Brings down the cost of
• Technical infrastructure (server)
• Safety of digital objects (backups)
• Gives readers single access point to entire
  digital resources

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Regional digital library model

• Regional digital library is not a separate
  institution it is a place where
  institutions from the region together store and
  publish their digital resources

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Digital Library of Wielkopolska

• First dLibra-based digital library
• Started in October 2002
• Currently the largest regional digital library in
  Poland
• http//www.wbc.poznan.pl/

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Digital Library of Wielkopolska

• Contributions from 65 different
  institutions/persons
• Majority of academic libraries from the
  Wielkopolska region
• Public institutions
• Private persons

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Digital Library of Wielkopolska

• Four thematic collections and over 17 300
  digital publications (2006/06/22)
• Cultural heritage (3 797 publications)
• Educational materials (129 publications)
• Music notes (93 publications)
• Regional materials (14 444 publications)

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Digital Library of Wielkopolska

• Coordinated by
• Poznan Foundation of Scientific Libraries
  (http//www.pfsl.poznan.pl/)
• Hosted by
• Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

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