The document discusses the motivation and rationale for developing a lightweight digital library framework to address challenges such as high preservation costs and resource limitations in developing countries. It outlines previous research, raises questions about the feasibility of simple architectures in digital libraries, and details a plan for a pilot study and implementation. Progress made includes research proposal submission and defined principles of simplicity, with a timeline for various evaluations and a dissertation submission.

1. A Lightweight Digital
Library Framework
May 24, 2012

2. Overview

3. Motivation
● Complexity of existing solutions
– Preservation costs
● Initial, maintenance and recovery costs
● Funding
– Resource limitation
● Skills and education
– Internet Bandwidth
● Expensive in developing countries

4. Previous research projects
● 2007
– Digital Bleek& Lloyd
● DL without databases
● 2010
– CALJAX
● Hybrid online/offline DL collections
● 2011
– Bonolo

5. Research questions
● Is it feasible to implement DL tools and
services that are based on simple
architectures?
– How should simplicity be defined?
– What are the comparative advantages
and disadvantages of simple
architectures in comparison to existing
systems?

6. Plan A

7. Initial plan
● Pilot study
– Digital library collection prototype
● Theory derivation
– simplyCT principles
– Case study of existing tools
● Design and Implementation
– Extension of prototype DLS (Bonolo)
– Collection integration

8. Progress made
● Research Proposal
● Definition of simplicity
– Derivation of principles
● Publication
– DJLIT: In Search of Simplicity
● Background chapter
– Draft #1

9. Plan B

10. TODO list
● Implementation
– SimplyCT-base tool: August 2012
● Evaluation
– User study: July 2012
– UX study: August 2012
– Effectiveness: October 2012
● Dissertation
– Submission: February 2012

11. Thank you