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Future SIG-DL Activities

All ASIS&T SIG-DL members are invited to participate in developing sessions including amplifying the topics,  identifying speakers, contributing presentations and moderating a session.  Please send suggestions and comments regarding SIG-DL sponsored sessions to Thomas Terrell,   ASIS&T SIG-DL Chair-elect tterrell@chuma1.cas.usf.edu

American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Conference 2003

SIG: Digital Libraries Sponsored Sessions

Session Title:

From Anytime, Anywhere to All-The-Time, Everywhere: Learning Objects, Broadband and Wireless Reshape Digital Libraries for Learning and Research.

Speakers:

Vicki L. Gregory, University of South Florida, SLIS

Diane Austin, University of South Florida, SLIS

Richard Austin, Florida State University

Tom Terrell, University of South Florida University of South Florida, SLIS

Description:

Learning objects are among the latest types of materials to be included in digital libraries. These are small portions of lesson material designed to be used in multiple configurations for multiple instructional applications, ranging from distance learning to interactive simulation. As broadband and wireless technologies change the expectations and performance patterns of the user, learning objects change the nature of content and the way that it must be managed. The size and diversity of digital collections affect the options through which these materials can be accessed. Many libraries are offering wireless access to their networks and many individuals are accessing digital libraries off-site using broadband technologies. Each of these trends affects decisions made for collection development, portal design and network design, and those decisions dictate specific technological requirements for access.

This panel session highlights management and infrastructure issues of digital libraries as they relate to learning objects, broadband and wireless technologies.

Session Title:

Digital Library Cooperatives: Issues and Updates

Speaker:

Bill Edgar, University of Arizona, Moderator

Description:

There are many approaches to the word "cooperate" when applied to digital libraries. With funding resources and programs such as DLI and DLI2 coordinating federal and state resources, cooperative projects for digital libraries and digital library cooperatives have grown at a record pace in the last five years. This panel discussion will bring attendees up to date on research, practice and projects in digital library cooperatives.

Session Title:

Architecture for Access: Multimedia Digital Libraries and Museum Applications

Speakers:

Abby Goodrum, Syracuse University, School of Information Studies

Samantha Hastings, University of North Texas, SLIS

Vika Kravchyna, University of North Texas

Tom Terrell, University of South Florida, School of Library & Information Studies

Ahmet Yayla, University of North Texas, Information Science

 

Description:

Digital libraries have extended access to many types of collections from all points of the globe. These collections include film and video archives, news material, oral histories, museum images and digitized special collections. As more multimedia collections are digitized, there is a growing need for proactive digital design to assure access and interoperability without compromising the content of the collections. Subject areas range from digital image reference services; museums and web-based exhibits to the use of face recognition software for national security. This interactive panel session features experts who are pushing the envelope of multimedia digital libraries, from lessons learned on recent projects to architecture considerations for future standards.

SIG-DL Session Descriptions ASIS&T 2002 Annual Conference

Open Sourcing the Digital Library: Tools and Infrastructure.

This session discussed successes and challenges in utilizing open source software in library settings. Slides from the presentation on the OCLC SiteSearch Open Source Project given by Steve Gregory of the Colorado State Library are available at http://www.aclin.org/ppt/ASIST2002.ppt.

Foundations of Digital Libraries: Organizational & Management Issues

Session Summary November 20, 2002

Panelists in this session discussed the strategies that they have used to meet the organizational and management needs of their digital library projects. For example, DSpace, a joint project of MIT Libraries and the Hewlett-Packard Company, is being developed to provide stable long-term storage needed to house digital works produced by MIT faculty, researchers, centers and labs, in a variety of format. Its representative will discuss the projects efforts to collaborate with a corporation and to create a viable business plan for the project. The Library of Virginia's Digital Library Program is an internationally recognized effort to preserve, digitize, and provide access to significant archival and library collections, with a focus on materials from Virginia. Additional panelists from other major digital library projects will discuss their efforts to coordinate and manage these programs from an organizational perspective.

The panelists in this session discussed a variety of issues relating to the organization and management of specific digital libraries in which they have been involved. Ms. Roderick presented on the progression of the Library of Virginia's Digital Library Program. She discussed the program’s costs and what to consider in developing a budget, the importance of preliminary tasks such as developing selection criteria, the need for centralized management, and various tips for planning and operating a program within one’s organizational context. She also reported on the recent dismantling of the program due to state budget cuts.

Ms. Branschofsky provided the perspective of DSpace, the institutional repository for MIT’s digital research materials, a joint project of MIT Libraries and the Hewlett-Packard Company. She discussed some of the management challenges of the project, including: working with various disciplines with different cultures, dealing with copyright and intellectual property issues, developing a business plan to build cost models for running DSpace, creating a management structure and maintenance strategy, and federating the project.

Ms. Arms reflected upon the Library of Congress/Ameritech Competition, a project for institutions to digitize unique materials for inclusion in American Memory. She presented on the different respective roles played by applicant institutions and the Library of Congress, metadata development, considerations for collaboration and interoperability, tips on project planning, and lessons on communication among institutions, as well as the fact that most difficulties encountered were of an organizational, rather than technical, nature. .

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