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Iimk 'S Experience With Greenstone in Building Digital Library Collections

The document provides an overview of the Greenstone digital library software. It describes Greenstone's features such as being open source, easy to install and maintain, supporting standard digital library technologies, and allowing for customization. It also summarizes how to create and build collections using the Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI) and customize collections through macros and plugins.

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Iimk 'S Experience With Greenstone in Building Digital Library Collections

The document provides an overview of the Greenstone digital library software. It describes Greenstone's features such as being open source, easy to install and maintain, supporting standard digital library technologies, and allowing for customization. It also summarizes how to create and build collections using the Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI) and customize collections through macros and plugins.

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IIMKs Experience with Greenstone in Building Digital Library Collections

Dr. M.G. Sreekumar Centre for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)

Digital Libraries

Internet / Intranet

Multimedia Library Info System

Gateway-out Data capture

USER @ anywhere (access to information from anywhere)

Organizational Transformation in Libraries


Traditional / Automated
Organization is physical Shelving of documents - Based on Subject Cln Key - Index / Catalogues / Cards / Digital Catalgs Cards - Real/Virtual - Author, Title, Descriptions Organization in terms of digital files /objects Contains material digitized form Contains digital material Architecture Key - Metadata

Digital

Features of Digital Libraries


Dynamic Electronic Information Systems Seamless Aggregation and Integration of Scholarly Content Create / Maintain Local Content Strengthens - mechanisms and capacity Information Systems / Services Increase Portability Efficiency of Access Flexibility Availability Long term preservation UNESCO

Digital Library Technologies


Open architectures (Open DLs)
Componentized vs Monolithic systems
Interoperability (role of Z39.50, OAI etc.) Unified interface for heterogeneous libraries

Metadata mapping across different libraries


OAI-compliant data and service providers Multilingual digital libraries

Scalable digital library architectures


Publication tools Searching tools

Software Selection
Goals and Requirement Specification Proprietary Vs Open Source Fit the existing Information System Accommodate future migration Embrace all possible/predominant formats Support standard DL technologies/platforms Easy installation, population, maintenance Comprehensive Documentation Software Development Team Active User Groups, E-Mail Lists (Users / Developers)

What are digital libraries for?


Knowledge/content management
Manage and access internal information assets

Scholarly communication, education, research


E-journals, e-prints, e-books, data sets, e-learning

Access to cultural collections


Cultural, heritage, historical & special collections, museums, biodiversity

E-governance
Improved access to government policies, plans, procedures, rules and regulations

Archiving and preservation Many more

DL Software: Alternatives
What are your expectations? Develop local web-based application? Commercial DL solution? Adopt open source software?
Greenstone Eprints DSpace (CDS/ISIS, Koha)

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative


Metadata The Basics: 22 Elements
Title Creator

Definition

Content

Responsibility

Manifestation

The name given to the resource by the creator or publisher The person responsible for the intellectual content of the resource Subject The Topic of the resource Description A textual description of the content of the source Publisher The Entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor A person or organization (other than the Creator) who is responsible for making significant contributions to the intellectual content of the resource Date A date associated with the creation or availability of the resource Type The nature or genre of the content of the resource Format The physical or digital manifestation of the resource Identifier An unambiguous reference that uniquely identifies the resource within a given context Source A reference to a second resource from which the present resource is derived Language The language of the intellectual content of the resource Relation A reference to a related resource, and the nature of its relationship Coverage Spatial locations and temporal durations characteristic of the content of the resource Rights Information about rights held in the resource

Greenstone DL Software
Overview of Features, Capabilities & Applications

What is the Greenstone software?


Software suite for building, maintaining, and distributing digital library collections Comprehensive, open-source Developed by New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato Distribution and promotion partners:
UNESCO Human Info NGO, Belgium NCSI, Bangalore; UCT, Cape Town; Dakar, Senegal; Almaty, Kazakhstan; You!

Greenstone Features contd...


Easy Installation Easy Maintenance Content Development (3 alternate ways) Predominantly GLI now - since (V. 2.41) Hierarchy Structure Interface Customization Front Page Design, Header for the Digital Library, Collection Icon, Cover Images Collection Configuration (Collect.cfg) File Scalability, Flexibility Interoperability (Crosswalk), OAI Compliance Lifeline : Listserv / E-Group / Archives

GLI Functions
Establish new collection (or work on old) Select files to include in collection (Gather) Enrich files with metadata (Enrich) Select Plugins, Indexes, Classifiers (Design) Build Collection (Create) Customize Appearance Preview Collection

Create a new collection

Create: Build the collection

Preview: admire the result

Customization
Greenstone is specifically designed to be highly extensible and customizable. New document and metadata formats are accommodated by writing "plugins" (in Perl). Analogously, new metadata browsing structures can be implemented by writing "classifiers." The user interface look-and-feel can be altered using "macros" written in a simple macro language. A Corba protocol allows agents (e.g. in Java) to use all the facilities associated with document collections. Finally, the source code, in C++ and Perl, is available and accessible for modification

Customizing with macros


let you customize presentation present pages in different languages print variables into the page text
(e.g. number of search hits)

Macro files
stored in gsdl/macros folder each file defines one or more packages
(A package is a group of macros)

loaded on startup
(note difference between Local and Web Library)

listed in etc/main.cfg

Collection-specific macros
Stored in gsdl/collect/mycol/macros/extra.dm Or include argument [c=collectionname] for each macro

Personalizing your home page


C:\Program Files\gsdl\etc\main.cfg change home.dm to yourhome.dm

Hierarchy Structure

Documentation and help


Available at: www.greenstone.org
Software Demo collections FAQ Tutorial materials

Documentation:
Installers Guide, Users Guide, Developers Guide, From Paper to Collection

Mailing lists:
Greenstone Users List Greenstone Developers List

Documentation and help


Manuals on the CD-ROM (docs)
Installers Guide (install.pdf, 36pp)
Versions of Greenstone, installation procedure, Greenstone collections, setting up the web server, configuring your site, personalizing your installation

Users Guide (user.pdf, 90pp)


Overview of Greenstone, using Greenstone collections, the collector, administration, software features, glossary of terms

Developers Guide (develop.pdf, 113pp)


Understanding the collection building process, getting the most out of your collections, the Greenstone runtime systems, configuring your Greenstone site

From Paper To Collection (paper.pdf, 30pp)


Scanners and scanning, OCR, 3 examples from 1,000 to 100,000 pages, Creating an electronic collection

Documentation and help


greenstone.org
Download: software and tutorials Example collections Documentation FAQ: general info section support (+ join mailing list) Configuration files for nzdl.org collections

nzdl.org
Documentation collections Documented example collections

Documentation and help


Mailing Lists
Greenstone Users List
For people installing and using standard Greenstone Join at: https://list.scms.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/greenstoneusers Mail to: [email protected]

Greenstone Developers List


For people customizing their version of Greenstone Join at: https://list.scms.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/greenstonedevel Mail to: [email protected]

Mailing List Archives


A Greenstone collection of mail from both mailing lists http://www.nzdl.org/gsarchives

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