Producción de Sistemas de Información

Agosto-Diciembre 2007

Sesión # 7

Basic Concepts

Data

Database

Collection, Library, Archive

Digital Collection

Digital Repository

Digital Library

Basic Concepts

Data:

A collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, or video.

Isolated facts which have not been processed by any user.

Basic Concepts

Database:

A collection of data organized in a way that allows storage, access, retrieval, and future use of that data.

Relational databases

Basic Concepts

Collection:

A set of items grouped together, in terms of their characteristics, subject, or format.

Digital Collection:

A set of items grouped together in digital format, in terms of their characteristics or subject.

Digital Collection: Examples

Digital collections@UMArchives UM

Films@UM

DRUM

Sterling Family Papers

The Jim Henson Works

Etc…

Image collections

Basic ConceptsDigital Repository:

A collection of items produced and published by an institution, which are made available to the academic community or the general public.

Institutional, truly free, and corporate repositories are often referred to as digital libraries.

Digital Repository: Example

DRUM: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland

Provides server space for UMD faculty

Provides features for browsing

Manages access permissions and policy

Right to access and distribute digital items in the repository is given to the University of Maryland

www.lib.umd.edu

Digital Repository: Example

Dspace:

An open-source digital archiving system designed by MIT Libraries and Hewlett Packard to capture, manage, and share research in digital formats.

Over 200 organizations have adopted Dspace as the basic architecture to develop their institutional repositories.

http://dspace.org/

Digital Repository: Example

What can Dspace do? It provides features to support:

Institutional repositoriesLearning Object RepositorieseThesesElectronic Records ManagementDigital PreservationPublishing

Digital Repository: Example

What data formats can Dspace handle? It provides features to support items in

diverse formats:Full-text documentsImagesVideosAudio

Digital Repository: Example

How can I create my own digital repository with Dspace?

To plan and build a digital repository:1. Define your service offering2. Install Dspace3. Create a service support infrastructure4. Market your new services5. Build communities and collections

Basic Concepts

Library:A collection of information, sources, and services in diverse formats, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual.

Archive: A collection of primary sources that have been selected for use and preservation purposes.

Basic Concepts

Digital Library:A collection of information, sources, and services in digital format, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual.

Digital Libraries: Examples

TEC DL

ICDL

MALACH

PDLib