creating digital libraries in support of learning communities using free tools
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Maggie Verster
Creating digital libraries in support of
learning communities
using free tools
ICT in Higher Education Conference25 March 2010
Sandton Convention Centre
Library?
Books Archives of knowledge Catalogues Dewey numbering Information powerhouses A place that makes me
sneeze
Digital library?
Electronic resources A type of information
retrieval system Targeted search engines A collection of literature
and metadata stored electronically
Databases In the field of digital
libraries, the Internet is the library (Arms, 2001)
E-books, PDF’s ETD’s, journal articles Videos Graphics (photos) Audio (recordings and
podcasts) Animations Simulations Other information
artefacts
Subscription Databases
IEEE Xplore CS Digital library ACM digital library ISI Web of Knowledge Scopus Ebscohost
Subscription (not free)
Inaccessible if not a student
Expensive to maintain
Sustainability
Search databases
Google Scholar Scirus (370 million
scientific items) Citeseer (1,5 million
resources)
Internet public library Internet archive Cornell University World Digital Library The Digital Library at the U
niversity of Michigan Universal digital library (Mi
llion Book Project)
arXiv Project Gutenberg Google Book Search
Maggie’s e-book collection
Free Digital collections
Tools?My DL mash-up wish list
Relevant Easy to use Searchable Portable Scalable Tagable Collaboration and
discussion Aggregation (RSS) Embeddable Citation Free
Zotero, Mendeley, Mekentosj Papers, MyNCBI, CiteULike, Connotea, and HubMed
Digital libraries:Project GutenbergGoogle Scholar
•No physical boundary. The user of a digital library need not to go to the library physically; people from all over the world can gain access to the same information, as long as an Internet connection is available. •Round the clock availability. A major advantage of digital libraries is that people can gain access to the information at any time, night or day. •Multiple access. The same resources can be used simultaneously by a number of institutions and patrons. This may not be the case for copyrighted material: a library may have a license for "lending out" only one copy at a time; this is achieved with a system of digital rights management where a resource can become inaccessible after expiration of the lending period or after the lender chooses to make it inaccessible (equivalent to returning the resource). •Information retrieval. The user is able to use any search term (word, phrase, title, name, subject) to search the entire collection. Digital libraries can provide very user-friendly interfaces, giving clickable access to its resources. •Preservation and conservation. Digitization is not a long-term preservation solution for physical collections, but does succeed in providing access copies for materials that would otherwise fall to degradation from repeated use. Digitized collections and born-digital objects pose many preservation and conservation concerns that analog materials do not. Please see the following "Problems" section of this page for examples. •Space. Whereas traditional libraries are limited by storage space, digital libraries have the potential to store much more information, simply because digital information requires very little physical space to contain them and media storage technologies are more affordable than ever before. •Added value.
Social bookmarking tools
Social bookmarking: Finding resources Metadata SavingDatabase Search & SharingDiscussion
Oneclick
How?
Tools context
The context and the learning goals must dictate the tool and how it is used
Case studyMaths literacy teachers community of practice
www.mathsliteracy.co.za Maths lit blog
Digital library databaseTwitter
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Resource
DiigoBookmarking
databaseAuto
Blog PostE-mail
newsletter
Tag cloud widgets
Tweet
Discussions
Annotations
Metadata
Groups
Lists
RSS FeedWidget
Networks
Social network
LMSCMSBlogWiki
Website
DL Framework
Resource
Resource
Tools?My DL mash-up wish list
Relevant Easy to use Searchable Portable Scalable Tagable Collaboration Aggregation (RSS) Embeddable
Citation FreeFor a list of
citation tools click here
Maggie’s DL Messy Mash-up
My twitter-verse Bookmarks on
Diigo Infolinkers group
Delicious School 2.0 in South Africa SA school libraries blog Learn with Maggie sandbo
x Maths literacy teachers ne
twork Maths literacy blog Maths blog My presentations
Maggie [email protected]
Photo Credits
Slide 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/3893490079/ Slide 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timetrax/376152628Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/227332249/ Slide 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/purplemattfish/3312188773/ Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashtonpal/4332031472/ Slide 6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scampion/378547744/Slide 7: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/459418289/ Slide 8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/1731439493/ Slide 9: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/176219371/ Slide 10: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishkamina/3164626835/ Slide 14: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/395970515/ Slide 15: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/459418289/ Slide 16: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedepartment/137413905/ Slide 17: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76479985@N00/102849109 Slide 18: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/176219371/