LIS 462 - Resources

Web resources

Web sites and other Web resources for this course will be found on my digital libraries pages, or in various other of my interest areas. The only things listed below are materials which are print or print'ish. Reserve materials are so indicated, and here is the course reserve list from the OPAC. Bookmarks for Web pages mentioned in lectures and PowerPoint presentations are here.

The class wiki is at http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/lis462/. When we start work on the DL, the wiki will be our main project management tool.

In Fall 1999, for the first time this course was offered, we compiled some interesting definitions of digital libraries.

Journals

I keep journals on a separate page.

Listserv list

The DIGLIB@infoserv.inist.fr listserv list and its archive focus on research.

Reading plan

I have made an attempt to create a kind of reading plan for the course. Full citations for items in the reading plan are listed below.

Primary materials

Items in this and the following list are only on reserve where indicated. I put everything on 24-hour reserve - if this becomes a problem, let me know.

Andrews J., & Law D. (Eds.). (2004). Digital libraries: Policy, planning and practice. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. [Chapters 1-3, 4-5, 7-8] [Reserve, ZA4080.D543 2004]
Arms, W. Y. (2000). Digital libraries. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [Although not a practical guide for DL creation, this text is useful for its historic perspective and overview of related concepts] Retrieved from netLibrary: http://library.simmons.edu/search/i?SEARCH=0585281327
Baca, M. (Ed.). (2000). Introduction to metadata: Pathways to digital information (Version 2.1). Los Angeles, CA: Getty Information Institute. Retrieved from http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/standards/intrometadata/index.html
Bishop, A. P., Van House, N. A. & Buttenfield, Barbara P. (Eds.). (2003). Digital library use: Social practice in design and evaluation. Cambridge, MA: MIT. [Chapters 2, 5-7, 11] [Reserve, ZA4080.D546 2003]
Chapman, S. (2004). Techniques for creating sustainable digital collections. Library Technology Reports, 40(5). [Available in ProQuest, but search by journal title and issue to get the whole set, as each article is catalogued separately.]
Cohen, D. J., & Rosenzweig, Roy. (2006). Digital history: A guide to gathering, preserving, and presenting the past on the Web. Philadelphia. PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. [ReserveD16.117.C64 2006]
Covey, D. T. (2005). Acquiring copyright permission to digitize and provide open access to books. Washington, DC: CLIR. Retrieved September 3, 2007, from http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub134abst.html
Covey, D. T. (2002). Usage and usability assessment: Library practices and concerns. Washington, DC: CLIR. Retrieved September 3, 2007, from http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub105abst.html
Dahl, M., Bannerjee, K., & Spalti, M. (2006). Digital libraries: Integrating content and systems. Oxford, UK: Chandos. [Reserve, ZA4080.D34 2006 - this is a good practical text]
Deegan, M., & Tanner, S. (Eds.). (2006). Digital preservation. London: Facet. [Reserve, ZA4080.D52 2006]
DeRidder, J.L. (2007). Choosing software for a digital library. Library Hi Tech News, 24(9/10), 19-21. Retrieved from Emerald Insight database.
Digital library content and course management systems: Issues of interoperation. (2004). Washington, DC: Digital Library Federation. Retrieved September 3, 2007, from http://www.diglib.org/pubs/dlf100/
Foulonneau, M., & Riley, J. (2008). Metadata for digital resources: Implementation, systems design and interoperability. Oxford: Chandos. [Z666.7.F58 2008]
Gold, A. (2007). Cyberinfrastructure, data, and libraries, Part 1: A cyberinfrastructure primer for librarians. D-Lib Magazine, 13(9/10). Retrieved from http://dlib.org/dlib/september07/gold/09gold-pt1.html. Part 2: Libraries and the data challenge: Roles and actions for libraries. D-Lib Magazine, 13(9/10). Retrieved from http://dlib.org/dlib/september07/gold/09gold-pt2.html
Greenstein, D., & Thorin, S. E. (2002). The digital library: A biography. Washington, DC: CLIR. Retrieved from http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub109abst.html
Harvey, R. (2005). Preserving digital materials. Munich, Germany: Saur. [Reserve, Z701.3.C65R56 2005]
Jones, R., Andrew, T., & MacColl, J. (2006). The institutional repository. Oxford, England: Chandos. [Reserve, CD950.J66 2006]
Kahn, M. (2004). Protecting your library's digital sources: The essential guide to planning and preservation. Chicago, IL: ALA. [Reserve, Z679.7.K385 2004]
Kresh, D. (Ed.). (2007). The whole digital library handbook. Chicago, IL : American Library Association. [Reserve, ZA4080.W48 2007; Table of contents]
Lazinger, S. S. (2001). Digital preservation and metadata: History, theory, practice. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. [Reserve, Z701.3.C65L39 2001]
Lesk, M. (2004). Understanding digital libraries (2d ed.). Boston, MA: Elsevier. [A good overall exploration of technology from papyrus onwards in the first four chapters, followed by chapters on organization (including the Semantic Web), usability/evaluation, user needs, preservation, economics, and intellectual property. Reserve, Z692.C65L47 2004]
Liu, J. (2007). Metadata and its application in the digital library: Approaches and practices. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. [Reserve, Z666.7.L58 2007]
Lynch, C. (2005). Where do we go from here? The next decade for digital libraries. D-Lib Magazine, 11(7/8). Retrieved from http://www.dlib.org//dlib/july05/lynch/07lynch.html
Ockerbloom, J. M. (2008, October 7). What repositories do: The OAIS model. . Retrieved October 14, 2008, from Everybody's libraries blog: http://everybodyslibraries.com/2008/10/13/what-repositories-do-the-oais-model/
Pace, A. K. (2003). The ultimate digital library: Where the new information players meet. Chicago, IL: ALA. [Broader than our conception, but chapters 7 and 8 offer a thoughtful look at ethical and social considerations] [Reserve, Z678.9.P26 2003]
Reese, T., Jr., & Banerjee, K. (2008). Building digital libraries: A how-to-do-it manual. New York: Neal-Schuman. [Reserve, ZA4080.R44 2008]
Russell, C. (Ed.). (2004). Complete copyright: An everyday guide for librarians. Chicago, IL: ALA. [Reserve, KF2995.C57 2004]
Schwartz, C. (2000). Digital libraries: An overview. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 26, 385-394. Simmons persistent link
Smith, A. (Ed.). (2000). Authenticity in a digital environment. Washington, DC: CLIR. Retrieved from http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub92abst.html
Stielow, F. (2004). Building digital archives, descriptions, and displays. New York: Neal-Schuman. [Practical guide to managing a small project, from the archival point of view; chapters 6 and 8 useful for all] [Reserve, CD973.D3S75 2003]
Zeng, M. L. (2008). Metadata. New York: Neal-Schuman. [In processing]

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