INLS 740: Digital Libraries (Fall 2008)
From Pomerantz
Contents |
Course Management
Schedule and assigned readings
Discussion forum
Grading and policies
Digital Library Project (Group Area)
Assignments
Semester project: Building a Digital Library
- Documents from the Libraries and past semesters' working groups
- Project management
- Digitization
- Metadata
- Information architecture
- Services
Checkpoint
Digital Library Review
IPL Data Analysis
Instructor
Jeffrey Pomerantz Assistant Professor School of Information and Library Science Office: 306 Manning Hall Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 1-2 pm Email: pomerantz@unc.edu Phone: 962-8064 Website: http://ils.unc.edu/~jpom
Course Description
This course will address research and development issues in digital libraries, including: collection development and digitization; text and multimedia materials; metadata; interoperability; architecture; searching and services; economic, legal, and social policies such as copyright; and management and evaluation. Students will read and discuss literature on DLs, evaluate a DL of their choice, and work as a group to develop a prototype DL.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students will:
- Understand the technologies involved in the construction of digital libraries,
- Be able to make collection development decisions for building a digital library,
- Be able to make decisions regarding the implementation of services and automation for a digital library,
- Be able to evaluate a digital library with regard to its content and user base,
- Be able to be involved in the construction and maintenance of a digital library.
Textbook
There is one required text for this course:
Witten, I. H., & Bainbridge, D. (2003). How to Build a Digital Library. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufman Publishers.
Available in the bookstore and on reserve in the SILS library. Also available from Amazon or any online bookseller.
All readings will be assigned on the course Schedule. Readings not from HtBaDL will be available on the free web, as an e-journal, via the Library's e-reserves, or via this wiki.

