# Digital Libraries
## Collaborative Research: Curriculum Development: Digital Libraries

The project was originally funded for 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008. This was extended until 12/31/2009.
* Project Team at VT:
** PI: Edward A. Fox (fox@vt.edu)
** GRA: Seungwon Yang (seungwon@vt.edu)
** REU: John Ewers (jewers@vt.edu)
* Project Team at UNC-CH:
** PI: Barbara M. Wildemuth (wildem@ils.unc.edu)
** Co-PI: Jeffrey Pomerantz (pomerantz@unc.edu)
** GRA: Sanghee Oh (shoh@email.unc.edu)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. IIS-0535057 (VT) and IIS-0535060 (UNC-CH).

## Module Development
### Table 1. Curriculum Framework (Including Links to Specific Modules)

Note: Click here for a list of modules signed up for developments
| Core Topics | Sub Topics |
| 1. Overview | 1-a (10-c):Digital Libraries/Conceptual frameworks, models, theories, definitions | 1-b: Digital Libraries/History of digital libraries and library automation |
| 2. Digital Objects | 2-a: Text resources 2-b: Multimedia 2-b(1): Images | 2-c (8-d): Digital Libraries/File formats, transformation, migration |
| 3. Collection Development | 3-a: Collection development/selection policies 3-b: Digital Libraries/Digitization 3-c: Harvesting | 3-d: Document and e-publishing/presentation markup 3-e (7-e): Digital Libraries/Web Publishing 3-f (7-f): Digital Libraries/Crawling |
| 4. Info/Knowledge Organization | 4-a: Information architecture (e.g., hypertext, hypermedia) 4-b: Digital Libraries/Metadata 4-c: Ontologies, Classification, Categorization | 4-d: Subject description, vocabulary control, thesauri, terminologies 4-e: Object description and organization for a specific domain |
| 5. Architecture | 5-a: Digital Libraries/Architecture overview 5-b: Digital Libraries/Application software 5-c: Identifiers, handles, DOI, PURL (signed up: Sai Tulasi, Virginia Tech) | 5-d: Digital Libraries/Protocols 5-e: Interoperability 5-f: Security |
| 6. User Behavior/Interactions | 6-a: Digital Libraries/Info needs, relevance 6-b: Digital Libraries/Online info seeking behavior and search strategy | 6-c: Sharing, networking, interchange (e.g., social) 6-d: Digital Libraries/Interaction design, usability assessment 6-e: Info summarization and visualization (signed up: Sai Tulasi, Virginia Tech) |
| 7. Services | 7-a: Indexing and searching 7-a(1): Digital Libraries/Image Retrieval 7-b: Digital Libraries/Reference services 7-c: Digital Libraries/Recommender systems | 7-d: Digital_Libraries/Routing 7-e (3-e): Digital Libraries/Web Publishing 7-f (3-f): Digital Libraries/Crawling 7-g: Digital Libraries/Personalization 7-h: Digital Libraries/IR Software (sub-modules are in Table 2) 7-i: Digital Libraries/LucidWorks Big Data Software (sub-modules are in Table 3) 7-j:Digital Libraries/Multimedia Software (sub-modules are in Table 4) |
| 8: Preservation | 8-a: Digital Libraries/Preservation 8-b: Digital Libraries/Web archiving | 8-c: Sustainability 8-d (2-c): Digital Libraries/File formats, transformation, migration |
| 9: Management and Evaluation | 9-a: Project management 9-b: DL case studies 9-c: Digital Libraries/Evaluation and user studies 9-c(1): IR system evaluation 9-d: Bibliometrics, Webometrics | 9-e: Intellectual property 9-f: Cost/economic issues 9-g: Social issues |
| 10: DL Education and Research | 10-a: Future of DLs 10-b: Education for digital librarians | 10-c (1-a):Digital Libraries/Conceptual frameworks, models, theories, definitions 10-d: DL research initiatives |

### Table 2. Modules for Information Retrieval Software Packages

Note: These modules can be used along with IR-related DL curriculum modules. Especially, these modules might be useful to add more technical aspect in DL classes and to provide students with realistic exercises using IR tools.
| Module Name | Description | Download |
| Module 7-h(1): IR Software: Apache Solr | Open source enterprise search platform | PDF |
| Module 7-h(2): IR Software: CLUTO | Software for clustering high-dimensional datasets | PDF |
| Module 7-h(3): IR Software: Hadoop Map-Reduce | Processing large amount of data in parallel | PDF |
| Module 7-h(4): IR Software: Lemur | A toolkit for language modeling and information retrieval | PDF |
| Module 7-h(5): IR Software: NLTK | Open source Python modules for natural language processing and text analysis | PDF |
| Module 7-h(6): IR Software: R | Using R language for statistical analysis of information retrieval techniques | PDF |
| Module 7-h(7): IR Software: SEDNA XML Database | Software for efficient XML retrieval | PDF |
| Module 7-h(8): IR Software: TREK Eval | Evaluation for information retrieval systems | PDF |
| Module 7-h(9): IR Software: Weka | Data mining software in Java | PDF |
| Module 7-h(10): IR Software: WordNet | A lexical database for English | PDF |

### Table 3. Modules for LucidWorks Big Data Software

Note: These modules have been developed for the LucidWorks software, which is an integrated tool for processing Big Data.
| Module Name | Download |
| Module 7-i(1): LucidWorks: Overview | PDF |
| Module 7-i(2): LucidWorks: Search | PDF |
| Module 7-i(3): LucidWorks: Advanced Search | PDF |
| Module 7-i(4): LucidWorks: Classification | PDF |
| Module 7-i(5): LucidWorks: Clustering | PDF |
| Module 7-i(6): LucidWorks: Relevance Feedback and Query Expansion | PDF |

### Table 4. Modules for Multimedia-Related Software

Note: These modules have been developed for software tools, which are related to sound and image manipulations as well as biometric image software.
| Module Name | Description | Download |
| Module 7-j(1): Multimedia Software: PureData | Sound manipulation software | PDF Efloss Manual Book |
| Module 7-j(2): Multimedia Software: Media Computation | Image manipulation with Jython and JES | PDF |
| Module 7-j(3): Multimedia Software: Fingerprint | NIST Biometric Image Software (NBIS) | PDF |
| Module 7-j(4): Multimedia Software: Audacity | Open source software for recording and editing sounds | Module PDF Report |

### Versions of the Curriculum Framework Developed by VT/UNC Project

* Framework for DL Curriculum (08/23/2008)
* Framework for DL Curriculum (09/16/2007)
* 10-Module Diagram
* 9-Module Diagram
* The Original 19-Module Set

### Module Template

* Template (since Aug. 27, 2007)
* Template (before Aug. 27, 2007)

### DL Syllabi Analyses

* Computer Science DL Syllabi Reading Analysis: Resources for "Digital Library Education in Computer Science Programs, Pomerantz et al.", JCDL'07.
* Library and Information Science DL Syllabi Reading Analysis

### Others

* DL Educational Taxonomy

## Project Publications and Links
### Journal

* Pomerantz, J., Abbas, J., & Mostafa, J. (2009). Teaching Digital Library Concepts Using Digital Library Applications. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 10(1), 1-13.
* Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E. A., & Wildemuth, B. (2006). The Core: Digital Library Education in Library and Information Science Programs. D-Lib Magazine, 12(11). Supplementary material: Book_list, Journal_Article_list, Journal_list.
* Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (2006). Briefing: Digital libraries curriculum development. D-Lib Magazine 12(7/8).

### Conference Papers / Posters

* Wildemuth, B.M, Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E.A. (2009). I-School as a Natural Home for Digital Libraries Education. Poster presented at iConference, February 8-11, 2009.Poster
* Wildemuth, B.M., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E.A. (2009). The Variety of Ways in Which Instructors Implement a Modular Digital Library Curriculum. Poster presented at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, June 15-19, 2009. Poster
* Yang, S., Levy, J., Miller, K., Pomerantz, J.P., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B.M., Fox, E.A. (2008). Two approaches to enhance the education for ETDs: Developing educational modules and migrating the ETD Guide into a community wiki. Paper presented at ETD 2008: The 11th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Aberdeen Scotland, June 4-7, 2008.Paper
* Yang, S., Wildemuth, B. Kim, S., Murthy, U., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S. & Fox, E. A. (2007). Further Development of a Digital Library Curriculum: Evaluation Approaches and New Tools. The 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 10-13, 2007. Paper, Presentation Slides
* Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B., Yang, S. & Fox, E. A. (2007). Digital Library Education in Computer Science Programs. The 7th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-23.Paper
* Yang, S., Oh, S., Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B., & Fox, E. A. (2007). Improving Education and Understanding of NDLTD. The 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 2007. Paper, Presentation Slides
* Abbas, j., Kim, K.-S., Wildemuth, B. M., Choi, Y., Mostafa, J., Brancolini, K., Pomerantz, J., Clobridge, A. (2006). Education for Digital Librarianship: Employer's Needs and How They Can Be Addressed. Panel presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, TX. Abstract
* Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B., Fox, E. A., & Yang, S. (2006). Curriculum Development for Digital Libraries. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (pp. 175-184). New York: Association for Computing Machinery. Paper in ACM DL, Powerpoint presentation, JCDL 2006 Conference site
* Yang, S., Fox, E. A., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006)Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development for Digital Library Education. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (pp. 61-70). Paper published by Springer Berlin, Slides are attached under 'Presentation slides', ICADL 2006 Conference site

### Book Chapters

* Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2009). Core Topics in Digital Library Education . In Theng, Foo, Goh, and Na (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development and Impact (pp.493-505). IGI Global.
* Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006). Digital library education, curricula, modules, and resources. In Encyclopedia of Digital Libraries. Proposal accepted in 2006.

### Presentations

* Pomerantz, J. (2008). Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Digital Library Curriculum. In J. Selthofer, T. Aparac-Jelušić & M. Krtalić (Eds.), Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2008 (pp. 143-148). Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia: Faculty of Philosophy, University J. J. Strossmayer and Rutgers University.Presentation Slides
* Wildemuth, B., & Fox, E. A. (2008). Preliminary Results from Field Testing of DL Curriculum Modules. JCDL Workshop: Education for Digital Stewardship: Librarians, Archivists or Curators? Pittsburge, PA, June 16-20. Presentation Slides
* Wildemuth, B.M. (2007). Bringing your library into view. Presented at Jinonice Monday's, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University, October 1, 2007. Presentation Slides

### Project Reports

* NSF Reports: proposal, abstract, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year report, highlights (VT, UNC)
* Project Progress Report : August 11, 2006
* Project overview at UNC-CH : Slides for advisory board meeting at UNC-CH - June 14, 2006
* Project introduction at ETD '06 : Presentation in Quebec, Canada - June 10, 2006
* Project overview - VT : Slides for advisory board meeting at VT - May 1, 2006

### Project Links

* Project Main Page
* Digital Library Curriculum WIKI homepage (password-protected)
* Project Progress Diary
* FAQ link
* NSF proposal
* NSF abstract
* NSF 1st year report
* NSF 2nd year report
* NSF 3rd year report
* NSF 4th year report

### Project Evaluation Resource

* Instructor Interview Guide