1. DIGITAL LIBRARIES BY KIMBERLY JACKSON LIS 670 SPRING 2013

2. WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY What is a digital library? Timeline of the digital library How do you digitize a book? Types of digital libraries Digital preservation Advantages Challenges 3. WHAT IS A DIGITAL LIBRARY? Digital libraries are libraries where the collections are stored electronically, or in digital format and are accessed from the internet or a computer. (Greenstein 2002) 4. BASIC HISTORY OF THE DIGITAL LIBRARY 1945 1990s 2000s CD ROMS & DVDs Bushs Meme x eBooks & The Internet 1965 Licklider s Library of the Future 1974 Nelsons hypertex t 1978 Lancaste r's Paperles s Library 1965 Drabenstott s Virtual Library 1980s Compute r Catalogs 5. A GRADUATE STUDENTS PERSPECTIVE 6. EXAMPLES OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES Goodreads Amazon California Digital Library Google Books Library Project Gutenberg Project Open Library 7. HOW DO YOU DIGITIZE A BOOK? Books are typically digitized by using an overhead scanner which creates an image of each page, which is then OCRd (Optical Character Recognition) for full searching, then uploaded and made available on a digital library. 8. TYPES OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES Academic Free/Public Consumer Focused Activist Centered Interactive 9. ACADEMIC DIGITAL LIBRARIES Provide open access to materials for research Academic/Course reserves Digitized collections Preservation of rare, medium-rare and born digital items Some collections require student/faculty log-in, while others are open access. 10. FREE/PUBLIC DIGITAL LIBRARIES Access to materials throughout the world for users with Internet access Selection is limited to items which are not under copyright Usually created by volunteers as a non-profit organizations Books/items can be uploaded and edited by individual users Social networking option is often included. 11. CONSUMER FOCUSED DIGITAL LIBRARIES Provides free books Provides books which are under copyright limitations, but can be purchased Social networking is a key feature for sharing Books can be read directly on the site Wireless delivery Easily downloadable in various formats 12. GOOGLE BOOKS 13. ACTIVISM FOCUSED DIGITAL LIBRARIES Open access for anyone who can read and has Internet access Free to search, use and download Primarily in English, but some collections are in other languages Supplement formal education 14. INTERACTIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY Virtual library such as Second Life Interactions are similar to a real-life interaction in a library Great for people with disabilities or who are homebound Good for users who are familiar and comfortable with Second Life 15. DIGITAL PRESERVATION Makes books available for use online or downloadable electronic format Helps to prevent further damage to damaged books Protects rare books which cannot be handled regularly without damage Helps to maintain collection of libraries which have issues with brittle books Researchers from all over the world can access materials without travel 16. DIGITIZATION: ITS SIMPLE! 17. ADVANTAGES Cost effective for libraries on a limited budget Gives more access to users, especially third world countries Access is usually free Not limited to just a computer, but also smart phones and tablets Preserves materials for future generations 18. CHALLENGES Maintenance costs can be high Experienced digital archivists salaries may be too high for library budgets Software obsolescence Bit Rot 19. SOME QUESTIONS TO PONDER Do you think that digital libraries solve Bushs information overload problem? What ways do you think digital libraries are helping to preserve information? Do you prefer reading books digitally or in print? Why? 20. RESOURCES Bush, Vannevar. "As We May Think." The Atlantic Monthly, July 1945: 8. Google Books. n.d. http://www.google.com/googlebooks/library/index.html (accessed April 8, 2013). Greenstein, Daniel I., Thorin, Suzanne Elizabeth. "The Digital Library: a Biography." Council on Library and Information Resources. December 2002. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub109/pub109.pdf (accessed April 9, 2013). Hart, Michael. The Gutenberg Project Mission Statement. n.d. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Project_Gutenberg_Mission_Statement_by_Michael_Hart (accessed April 8, 2013). Internet Archive. Open Library: One Page for Every Book. n.d. http://www.openlibrary.org/ (accessed April 9, 2013). Lesk, Michael. "Why Digital Libraries?" Michael Lesk's Grade Crossing on the Information Superhighway. n.d. http://www.lesk.com/mlesk/follett/follett.html (accessed April 9, 2013). St. Clair, Raj Reddy and Gloriana. The Million Book Digital Library Project. December 1, 2001. http://www.rr.cs.cmu.edu/mbdl.htm (accessed April 8, 2013). 21. THANK YOU! ANY QUESTIONS?