Digital Initiative Software used in Academic Libraries

Jenny Jing Manager, Library Systems

Brandeis UniversityLITA Lighting Talk

Nov. 19, 2016

Software InfrastructurePlatformsILS: Voyager, AlephILL, Etc.

Link resolver : 360 Link library guides: LibGuidesOnline databases

IR (Scholarly Publications): DSpaceDAM (Digital Preservation): IslandoraDiscovery Systems: SummonWebsites: Library Homepage

2.1 Digital Initiatives Software

Digital Initiatives

• Creating the technical infrastructure for digital library materials

• Providing librarians/staff with experience in technologies and digital materials

• Enriching the HU Library collections with a significant set of digital resources

• Advising the HU community on issues in digital environment (http://hul.harvard.edu/ldi/)

The big picture

http://www.slideshare.net/ubclibrary/ubc-librarys-digital

Main systems– IR: DSpace, EPrints, Digital Commons, BibApp– DAM: Islandora, Hydra, CONTENTdm, Dspace– Archival Description: ArchivesSpace, AtoM– Research Data Management: DataVerse, CKAN– Digital preservation: Archive-It, Archivematica– Exhibitions: Collective Access, CollectionSpace,

Omeka, Open Exhibits

IR: Major Systems

http://www.slideshare.net/happyrainb/institutional-repository-ir-and-open-access-in-academic-libraries

DAM: Major Systems

http://www.slideshare.net/happyrainb/digital-asset-management-dam-systems-used

RDM: DataVerse vs CKAN

Cost - General

Case Study: Collections’ service

• 20% of the digital librarians’ time• Create policies• Documentation • Create workshop/training modules • Communicate the service to users • Other tasks: metadata, image manipulation,

ingest support

Recommended Systems for Queen’s

Acknowledges

• Erin Tripp, Business Development Manager, discoverygarden inc.

• Kelli Babcock, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries

• Bronwen Sprout, Head, Digital Programs and Services Digital Initiatives, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia

Resources/References• UBC Library's Digital Preservation Strategy• http://www.slideshare.net/ubclibrary/ubc-librarys-digital• Institutional Repositories: Exploration of Costs and Value• http://dlib.org/dlib/january13/burns/01burns.html• Digital POWRR • http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/tool-grid/• UBC's Implementation of IR/DAM• http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/

CI/pdf/mow/VC_Sprout_Romkey_26_B_1540.pdf• Review of Available Open Source DAM Software• http://www.opensourcedigitalassetmanagement.org/reviews

/available-open-source-dam/