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Digital Collections at theUniversity of South Florida
Presented by:Mark I. Greenberg
Barbara Lewis
The Past
• Special & Digital Collections administratively decentralized
• Special & Digital Collections content decentralized
• Digital Collections content housed in and served from commercial DAMS (cost, flexibility, & service issues)
• Limited in-state options
The Present
• 2008 Digital Collections Task Force Report recommendations– Centralize administration (SDC created)– Integrate special & digital collections’ web
presences– Globalize collections – content & contributors– Contextualize collections– Define/refine roles and workflows– Create collaborative space
Elements of an Effective New DAMS
Management: IT Experience•Use open-source solutions•Minimize operating cost and maintenance requirements•Select solutions with dynamic user communities•Manage digital collections within existing Library FTE and expertise•Leverage centralization of USF IT•Reuse existing hardware and software where feasible•Establish robust test/development server
Elements of anEffective New DAMS
Access:User Experience•Integrate each collection’s content regardless of format/media•Contextualize each collection’s research value•Provide value-added materials•Promote user self-sufficiency•Develop user-interface that provides access to all of the above within the same window•Create a uniform user experience regardless of browser•Minimize browser plug-ins and/or add-ons
Next Generation USFLibraries DAMS: CORAL
Management: IT Experience• Data repository – Fedora Commons Repository Service (open source)• Integrated development environment – Eclipse (open source)• User interface development tool – Adobe Flex Builder 3 plug-in (education
priced, proprietary)• Metadata cataloging – OCLC Connexion client (proprietary)• Collection administration – SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering
Repository Deposit) framework (open source)
User Experience• Web interface – Adobe Flash (.swf files)• Advanced content viewers
– JAVA Servlet technology (open source)– Djatoka JPEG 2000 server (open source)– Adobe Flash (proprietary, freeware)– IIPImage IIPMooViewer (open source)– Google Maps API (freeware)
Developer:Richard Bernardyrbernard@usf.edu813-974-1622
Digital Collections84 accessible collections69,653 simple/complex objects
• Photographs– Burgert Brothers (859)– Robertson & Fresh (2882)– Zylstra (216)
• Newspapers/Serials– La Gaceta (152)– Tampa Bay History (40)– NSS News (639)
• Florida & Rare Maps (195)• Illuminated Manuscripts (259)
Digital Collections
• Farid Karam, M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collectionhttp://guides.lib.usf.edu/karam
• Oral Histories Programhttp://guides.lib.usf.edu/ohp
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