ISKM30 Digital Libraries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Miroslav Bartošek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Miroslav Bartošek, CSc.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Sabina Kubisová
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aim is to introduce students of librarianship into the current state of theory and practice of digital libraries.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to understand basic principles and context of standards, technologies and principles used in design and implementation of digital libraries.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Digital Libraries (DLs); defining the DLs; comparing DLs with classic libraries and the web; history of DLs; sources of information on DLs.
  • Digitization; basic concepts of digital imaging; hardware and software tools for digitization; digitization project organization; an example of digitized DL.
  • General Framework and Architecture of a DL; Kahn-Wilensky Framework; digital object and digital repository; reference model DL.org; incorporating DL into a legal and social environment; hierarchical abstraction of intellectual works IFLA-FRBR.
  • Global names and identifiers; classical library identifiers (ISBN, ISSN, ISTC, etc.) vs. digital identifiers (PURL, Handle, DOI); properties required for digital identifiers (global uniqueness, persistence, directionality).
  • Metadata; classification of metadata; comparison and properties of classical (MARC) and network metadata schemas (Dublin Core, MODS, METS); XML and RDF.
  • Interoperability; protocol Z39.50, SRW/SRU; Open Archives Initiative and OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting Protocol; creating open and context-sensitive links between information sources - OpenURL and linking services.
  • Global search for information sources; comparing DL and Internet search engines; federated search versus meta search; discovery services; semantic web.
  • Economic and legal context of digital libraries; economic models for DLs; copyright; open access to scientific information (OA) and new open access initiatives; Creative Commons.
  • Long-term preservation of digital information (digital preservation); risks in preserving digital information; basic archiving strategies; reference model OAIS.
  • Selected DL-projects and technologies.
Literature
    required literature
  • M. Bartošek. Digitální knihovny – teorie a praxe. Národní knihovna; knihovnická revue. Rok 2004, roč. 15, č. 4, s. 233-254. http://knihovna.nkp.cz/NKKR0404/0404233.html
  • M. Bartošek. Technologie digitálních knihoven. Sborník konference INFORUM 2006. http://www.inforum.cz/inforum2006/pdf/Bartosek_Miroslav.pdf
  • M.Bartosek. Otevreny pristup k vedeckym informacim. Uvod do problematiky. Zpravodaj UVT MU, prosinec 2009. http://www.ics.muni.cz/zpravodaj/issues/vol20num02.html
    recommended literature
  • WITTEN, I. H., David BAINBRIDGE a David M. NICHOLS. How to build a digital library. 2. ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. xxiii, 629. ISBN 9780123748577.
  • WITTEN, Ian H. a David BAINBRIDGE. How to build a digital library. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003. xxxiii, 51. ISBN 1-55860-790-0.
  • XIE, Iris a Krystyna K. MATUSIAK. Discover digital libraries : theory and practice. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2016. xxiii, 364. ISBN 9780124171121.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods: lectures (participation in lectures is strongly recommended; it allows better understanding of principles and context of presented technologies).
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by final written test; students failing in the test will take oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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