The document provides an overview of UiTM Digital Library services and resources. It discusses the evolution of library catalogs from handwritten cards to online public access catalogs (OPACs). It describes UiTM's digitization efforts including equipment used and collections scanned from 2008-2010. Digital collections available through the institutional repository and online databases are shown. The implementation of web 2.0 features in libraries and potential uses of virtual worlds in education are briefly covered.
1. UiTM Digital Library
Services
Ahmad Faizar Jaafar,
Jabatan Pengurusan Sistem & Teknologi Maklumat
(JPSTM) PTAR, UiTM
faizar@salam.uitm.edu.my
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26. What is a repository system?
Capture, store, index, manage, preserve,
and deliver digital objects.
27. Needs Assessment and Decision-Making
Document type
Condition
Metadata attributes
documents
Selection criteria
Usage restrictions
Relation to other collections
User requirements
Use type
users
Frequency of use
Use mode
Support needs
Staff and skills
Systems, hardware, software
resources Stakeholders
Organizational guidelines
Master plans and strategies
28. Plan
Update Select
Archive Copyright
Store Prepare
DRM Life Cycle Digitize
Publicize Process
Assess Metadata
Deliver System
Interface
29. Prepare
Determine
Archive Material
& Document
Derivatives Benchmarks
Determine
Quality
Filenames
Control 2
Digitization Calibrate/
Apply Characterize
Photoshop Workflow Devices
Adj
Convert Scan
to Working
Space
Assign
Archive Quality
Device
Masters & Control 1
Profile
CM target
44. OPAC 2.0
• Second generation web OPACs
• Feature list…
– relevancy ranking by default
– faceted browsing / limiting
– spellcheck
– RSS feeds, OpenSearch, etc
• Marking MARC work harder!
– importance of high quality, rich records
45. OPAC 2.0
• However, Web 2.0 seems only to have
made a partial impact on OPAC 2.0…
– tagging
– ratings
– reviews
– social bookmarking