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Digital Crossings: Transcending Borders, Creating Enduring Online
Resources
Digital Crossings: Transcending Borders, Creating Enduring Online
Resources
FEDORA & ASU KnowledgeNet
http://www.fedora.infohttp://www.fedora.info/wiki
Presenters: Mimmo Bonanni & Phil Konomos
FEDORA & ASU KnowledgeNet
http://www.fedora.infohttp://www.fedora.info/wiki
Presenters: Mimmo Bonanni & Phil Konomos
FEDORA: Digital Object Repository
FEDORA is flexible extensible digital object repository architecture
Open source repository software
Developed at Cornell University and the University of Virginia Library
Used to manage digital resources owned or licensed by ASU libraries; and act as a platform to archive digital materials from the ASU community
FEDORA: Why is it Valuable?
Gives remote access to otherwise inaccessible materials, or difficult to find items
Houses collections of scholarly import in one location
Reveals relationships amongst objects via metadata that may not normally be readily apparent
Curates objects that might otherwise be lost or remain inaccessible
FEDORA: Behind the Scenes
It is equipped with a powerful digital object model
Includes: persistent ID, datastreams, metadata, remote/local references, disseminators (how object may be represented or displayed)
It provides means for metadata management
It provides a powerful framework for managing relationships between digital objects
FEDORA: Behind the Scenes
Locally managed content or reference remotely
Can reference remote collections outside of ASU Libraries... Mexico, Canada, the world
Web service integration
Can easily integrate with other products no matter what programming language or web development environment
Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), Open Archives Initiative
It provides means for harvesting metadata of digital objects stored in the repository
FEDORA Applications
ASU application gateway to FEDORA is called KnowledgeNet
It is designed to look to similar to other familiar search engines; such as GOOGLE and YAHOO
FEDORA Applications
Ease of use –
Can search via a simple text box for any type of digital object (music, electronic journal, electronic book, satellite image, photographs)
Upload digital object(s) into the repository
2,000 records from the Anthropology Museum's Ethnography collection
Image can be exported; Record includes VRA (Visual Resources Association...) metadata
Browse Research @ ASU
ASU EPrint Archive
Browse EPrint Archives
David Ralph Abbott Personal Archive [Collection]
Personal Archive
Sorted by date, first article, “Hohokam exchange and early classic period...”
Export Functionality: Refworks, EndNote, RIS, BibTex, Personal Archive, del.icio.us (social bookmarking)
• Flash-based Relation Browser tool
• A Visual navigation of relationships expressed in FEDORA records
• Animation is created consisting of circles (representing entities) and connecting lines (representing relationships)
Searching for an article will show not only the article but also any relationships to the article
These circles can be expanded to show other relationships, so the tool encourages exploration like browsing a book shelf
Knowledge Relationships Browser
A = has Author; R = is Member of Collection; T = has Text Link
Collaborating or affiliated institutions may sign in (with guest access logon and password) and search and access FEDORA digital repository
Affiliated partners can contribute unique collections to the repository
Clicking on a link will establish a session where hyperlinks are context-aware, e.g. you can see full text if it is available
If there is no ASU login, and no guest access has been established, hyperlinks will then point to OCLC Worldcat link revolver
Future: Guest Access & Contribution
Configure Preferences for Students, faculty, & staff of Arizona's state universities, and other organizations with research ties to ASU
Audio Search: Oral Histories, podcasts, musical performances, etc.
Transcripts of oral interviews by members of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society (1974-2000)
Access to floating player, subscribing to Podcast options...
Links to external digital objects...
Podcasts - Library Channel or iTunes University
ASU School of Music Performances
Archival Collections
Dr. Christine Marin Podcast: Chicano Research Collection
Current Digital Projects
Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics (Geospatial: Anthropology, Geography)
Architecture Image slides (Images: Architecture)
Ralph Cameron (Oral History: Labriola)
Litchfield Oral History (Oral History: ASU West, AZ Humanities Council, Archives)
Implication for the Future
Continue to add unique collections to the repository
Share tremendous research being done at ASU with the broader community through ASU KnowledgeNet
Expand partnership or affiliates, and develop partnerships with the international academic community and educational institutions
