Putting Technology to Work Computers and the Internet have changed research libraries in remarkable, essential ways, and Johns Hopkins University is making certain that technological innovation continues. These enhancements of instructional and information resources form what the university calls the Digital Library Initiative. Established in 1996, the DKC is a center for experimentation, innovation, and prototype development. According to Sayeed Choudhury, director of the DKC, the Center focuses on developing new technologies that are integrated with the missions of the Eisenhower Library and Johns Hopkins. We like to define projects from the very beginning, but we also try to look at things holistically.
Digital pedagogy includes everything from simple courseware to sophisticated multimedia projects.
Choudhury explained that these technologies are evolving into an idea his group has dubbed the Digital Resource Kit. The idea we are pursuing involves connecting all that media content to a database and Web site, which would allow material to be added and subtracted easily. We really believe this concept represents the next generation of digital pedagogy. The DKC's electronic publishing projects include online journals and other academic materials, as well as large-scale digitization efforts. In conjunction with Johns Hopkins University Press, the DKC developed and helped launch Project Muse, which includes electronic journals and resources for humanities, social sciences and mathematics departments.