The Indonesian Digital Library Network is Born to Struggle with the Digital DivideIsmail Fahmi < ismail@itb.ac.id >Knowledge Management Research Group ITB

ASIST Annual Conference3-7 November 2001, Washington DC

AcknowledgementFunding:IDRC, International Development Research Centre (Canada) YLTI, Yayasan Litbang Telekomunikasi dan Informatika (Indonesia)Support in-kind:Central Library ITBAI3/ITB, Asian Internet Interconnection InitiativesCNRG, Computer Network Research Group

AgendaWhere is Indonesia?MotivationStrategiesActivitiesResultsFuture directionYou can help developing countries !

About Indonesia> 3000 islands !

Current ConditionFew new books at libraries.Few journals subscription.So that, libraries unable to provide good information resources.Internet access ? Java island is information rich (enough) compared to other islands.

MotivationBy bridging people (from digital & space divide) and utilizing the LOCAL KNOWLEDGE,Indonesian people will able to improve their literacy.

ProblemsTheir knowledge is lockedDigital and space divideTelecommunication infrastructure is very limited and expensiveComputer literacy is lowInhabitants: 210 million

MissionUnlock !Unlock ACCESS to the Indonesian knowledge

What we need?We need SOLUTION. Not state of the art of technology, but a Regional Technology.Able to run on narrow bandwidth and unreliable connections.Familiar User Interface.Attract individual and institution (knowledge producers) to share knowledge.Ease and cheap of implementation and integration.

Strategies (Society)Establish a community (IndonesiaDLN) of knowledge sharingType of partner: Institution, Individual, and Internet Caf.Promote sub-networks: I.e. health, agriculture, human rights, etc.Bottom-up approachLicense: GPL it !

Strategies (Technical)Networked: through a national networked digital libraryDistributed: every institutions can manage their own digital library systemUnified: all knowledge will be unifiedDisseminated: all knowledge will be disseminated (mirrored), bring information near to the users.Standardized: using international acknowledged metadata standard (Dublin Core)

What we share?Information: abstract and full content of the LOCAL CONTENT.Including:Research reportFinal Project, Theses, DissertationArticle, paper, proceeding, journalE-book, e-learning material, course materialClipping, Heritage, Multimedia, expertise directory, etc.In the form of: document, audio, image, and video files.

ActivitiesDevelop Software (technical):Ganesha Digital Library (GDL)Establish Community (society):The Indonesian Digital Library Network (IndonesiaDLN)

Ganesha Digital LibraryWeb-based applicationClient-server (GDL Network)Open-source/free softwareEdition:PersonalInternet cafInstitution

Architecture of the NetworkKey:Standard MetadataProtocol

There are a hub and many digital library servers.

IndonesiaDLN Interoperability Metadata Std.Objective: to manage electronic resources (documents, audio, video files) on the Internet among the digital library networks.Dublin Core Metadata Element SetsSimple, multipurposeWidely usedIndonesiaDLN Interoperability Metadata Std was derived from NDLTD Metadata Std (also based on Dublin Core).

Example: Metadata in XMLMetadata is formatted into XML before exchanged among the digital library servers.

All digital library servers in IndonesiaDLN should use the IndonesiaDLN Interoperability Metadata Standard. Currently is version 1.1.

Metadata storageMetadata is stored in database.XML is used only for synchronization.

IdentifierEvery metadata will be recognized from its IDENTIFIER.Identifier is unique within IndonesiaDLN.It contains the following information:Publisher IDDigital Library Network IDType of the electronic resourcesYear of creationCreatorRecord number, andContent theme

Example of Identifierjbpeismail-gdl-res-2001-ismail-11-idrc Publisher IDDigital Library Network IDType of the electronic resourcesYear of creationCreatorRecord number, andContent themeBenefit: Entering URL containing the identifier to any digital library servers will show the same metadata content.Example: http://digilib.xxx.xxx/go.php?id= jbpeismail-gdl-res-2001-ismail-11-idrc

The Synchronization ProtocolItems to be synchronized:MetadataFiles (optional)Publisher informationMembership information

The Synchronization Services (1/2)Using the services of:HTTP (operational)Real time transactionGood for reliable connectionPost office :-)Burned into CD-ROMTakes days or weeks Good for no internet connection at allProtocol: Currently using IndonesiaDLN specific protocol, which is similar with the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) Protocol.

The Synchronization Services (2/2)Metadata are: sent from LOCAL to HUB server and, downloaded from HUB to LOCAL server,

through the synchronization services.

Optionally, the files also can be sent from LOCAL to HUB.

There are 3 groups of requests: Authentication, PUT, and GET.

GDL-NetworkIndonesiaDLN

GDL-Network

Scenario of Sharing & ReplicationShareReplicationReplicationReplication

How it looks like?Demo of Personal Digital LibraryNavigate the IndonesiaDLN collections locally!Click here

The TechnologyGDL 3.1, open-sources/free softwareOperating system:Unix/LinuxWindows 98/NT/2000Windows 95 needs winsock32Web server: ApacheScripting Language: PHP 4 Database Server: MySQLInfrastructure: Dedicated or Dial-Up

Implementation Status1999 = Software development startedOct 2000 = Community development startedJune 2001 (it just 4 months ago) = IndonesiaDLN was launched

IndonesiaDLN PartnersBy Nov 2001

The Distribution Map of IndonesiaDLN PartnersBy Nov 2001AcehIrian Jaya

Members of IndonesiaDLNMember = users that have registered at GDL servers.Currently the total members registered at GDL Hub is about 3467 users.

Members of IndonesiaDLN (by partners)By November 2001

Members CountryBy Nov 2001

Members JobBy August 2001

The ContentsBy Nov 2001

Future of IndonesiaDLN:The Network of NetworksIndonesiaDLNGDL-EngineNewSpektra

OAI: The Networking ProtocolIndonesiaDLN will adopt the OAI (Open Archives Initiatives) protocol / concept.Further integration with other international digital library network.

Current activities:Develop the sub-networks:Indonesian Human Rights Information SystemIndonesian Agriculture Information Network (this will reach the farmers needs, not only the researchers)Indonesian Heritage NetworkIndonesian Bibliographic Network

International CollaborationGDL has been successfully installed at an NGO in Pakistan (contact peace786pk@yahoo.com)Digital Library Network among Indonesia-Malaysia (Penang Library Network, USM) is being discussed.

Example: The Agriculture NetworkGroup of Farmers BGroup of Farmers AGroup of ResearchersAgriHub ServerIndonesiaDLNHub ServerOther Subnetworksin IndonesiaDLNAgriculture InformationNetwork (subnetwork)ETD, Heritage,Health, HumanRights, etcOAIOAIAccess: Internet Caf & Dial-up

Important URLsIndonesiaDLN web site; Mailing list; technical, scenario, society, announcement; standard, http://idln.itb.ac.idAbout GDL-Network, registration, join, software, patch, download, etc, http://gdlhub.indonesiaDLN.org/faqgdl.php Download GDL source code for free, http://gdl.itb.ac.id/download/GDL-HUB, http://gdlhub.indonesiaDLN.orgDigital Library ITB, http://digilib.itb.ac.idContact KMRG: kmrg@kmrg.lib.itb.ac.id

You can help developing countries!Open access to your digital libraries for the 3rd world. Use the OAI protocol and standard metadata (Dublin Core-based)Knowledge will be:SharedAnd exchanged

SummariesGDL has proved its abilities to integrate digital library network in Indonesia.Able to run on dedicated, dial-up, and behind proxy internet connection.IndonesiaDLN is a bottom-up approach community that grows very fast.IndonesiaDLN will become a network of networks.Possible integration with other international digital library network (using Dublin Core metadata standard).

Thank you