PV070 Digital Libraries

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Miroslav Bartošek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: RNDr. Miroslav Bartošek, CSc.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:50 B204
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! P070 Topics in Library and Information Sciences
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is aimed at providing students of Computer Science with the basic overview of computer technologies and principles used in theory and practice of Digital Libraries (DLs). The following main topics will be covered: background and position od DLs, general framework and architecture, persistent identifiers and global identification systems for digital documents, metadata, interoperability, resource discovery, economics and IPR in digital environment, long-term preserving of digital information, supportin DL-programs and selected DL projects worldwide.
Syllabus
  • The course is aimed at providing students of Computer Science with the basic knowledge of computer technologies and principles used in theory and practice of Digital Libraries (DLs). The following topics will be covered:
  • Introduction to DLs; definitions, history, sources of information.
  • Main areas of research and practice of DLs.
  • General framework and architecture for DLs - the Kahn-Wilensky framework, digital objects and repositories. Social, legal and economic framework of DLs. Hierarchical abstraction of intellectual creations (the IFLA model).
  • Global naming systems and identifiers. Traditional library identification systems (ISBN, ISSN, ISTC, SICI/BICI) and new digital identifiers (PURL, DOI, handle system. Resolution of the identifiers, general principles. Persistency of identifiers.
  • Metadata; comparision of bibliographic library metadata and new "network" metadata schemas. Dublin Core. Library of Congress Metadata Core Element Set. MARC-based standards. Standards MODS and METS. Application of XML and RDF.
  • Interoperability. Z39.50 protocol. OAI - the Open Archives Initiative. Open and context-sensitive reference linking - OpenURL and SFX framework.
  • Global resource discovery - current research topics. Comparision of DLs and Internet search engines. Semantic Web. Electronic information resources at the Masaryk university.
  • Economics and Intellectual Property Rights in digital environment; business models for DLs; copyright. New IPR initiatives.
  • Long-term preserving of digital information; risks assessments and preserving strategies.
  • Selected DL-programmes and DL-projects. DLI-1, DLI-2, eLIB, National DL Program of the Library of Congress. Overview of interesting DL-projects.
  • Students are requested to prepare essays on selected DL projects or current trends within Digital Libraries as part of their studies and evaluations.
Literature
  • Witten, I.H., Bainbridge D. How to Build a Digital Library. San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-55860-790-0.
  • BARTOŠEK, Miroslav. Digitální knihovny (Digital Libraries). Mária Bieliková. In DATAKON 2001, Proceedings of the Annual Database Conference. Bratislava: Slovenská technická univerzita, 2001, p. 99-138. ISBN 80-227-1597-2. info
  • ARMS, William Y. Digital libraries. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000, x, 287 s. ISBN 0-262-01180-8. info
  • LESK, Michael. Practical digital libraries :books, bytes, and bucks. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1997, xxii, 297. ISBN 1-55860-459-6. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Během semestru mohou být požadovány domácí úkoly. Součástí studia a závěrečného hodnocení je zpracování eseje v rozsahu cca 4 strany A4 o některém DL-projektu nebo aktuálním směru v oblasti digitálních knihoven. Zkouška probíhá ústně při počtu do 30 zapsaných studentů (nad tuto hranici je zkouška realizována písemnou formou).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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