VIKBA25 Digital Libraries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Miroslav Bartošek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
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
Timetable
Fri 9:10–10:45 C34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VIK_PoZ Qualifying Examination
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to introduce students of librarianship into the current state of practice of digital libraries. 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): definitions, history, sources of information.
  • Digitization: basic concepts from digital imaging, hardware and software tools, organization of digitizing projects, examples of digitized libraries.
  • Architecture of DLs: the Kahn-Wilensky framework; digital objects and repositories; social, legal and economic framework of DLs; hierarchical abstraction of intellectual creations.
  • Global names and identifiers: traditional library identification systems and new digital identifiers; resolution of the identifiers; persistency of identifiers.
  • Metadata: bibliographic library metadata and new "network" metadata schemas - comparision; MARC; Dublin Core; standards MODS and METS; application of XML and RDF.
  • Interoperability: Z39.50 protocol; OAI; open and context-sensitive linking.
  • Global resource discovery: comparision of DLs and Internet search engines; federated searching and metasearching; semantic Web.
  • Economic and legal context of DLs: business models; intellectual property rights; copyright; Czech copyright law; creative commons; open access.
  • Long-term preserving of digital information: risks assessments; preserving strategies; OAIS; Web archiving.
  • Selected DL-projects and technologies.
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
  • J. Pokorný. Digitální knihovny: principy a problémy. AKP 2001. http://knihovny.cvut.cz/akp/clanky/03.pdf
  • J. Pokorný. Digitální knihovny v prostředí sémantického webu. AKP 2005. http://www.akvs.cz/akp-2005/09-pokorny.pdf
  • J. Pokorný. Digitální knihovny: více problémů než očekávání? AKP 2003. http://knihovny.cvut.cz/akp2003/sbornik/06_pokorny.pdf
  • WITTEN, Ian H. and David BAINBRIDGE. How to build a digital library. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003, xxxiii, 51. ISBN 1-55860-790-0. info
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
Study Materials
Teacher's information
http://ics.muni.cz/mba/dl-ff2015
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