NeoLibre provided a three-phase solution to digitize cultural materials for Ideju Forums' digital library. Phase 1 involved content production through scanning books, capturing artwork, recording audio books and videos. Phase 2 added metadata and indexing. Phase 3 integrated the digital content into a web platform with copyright management, user access and paid advertising modules. The result was a public digital library enabling widespread access to 20,000 digitized cultural objects while generating revenue.

1. NeoLibre’s Solution
Ideju Forums
Public Library
} A Brief Overview of the Case Study

2. Client Profile
Ideju Forums –
a Non-Profit Organization
• FOUNDED: in 2008 by private
philanthropists
• STATUS: privately owned

3. Client Profile
The Mission
To digitize cultural materials
created by content partners and
make them online accessible

4. Client Needs
The Vision
To make all types of digital
objects – audio, visual,
and textual – publicly available
for various social groups

5. NeoLibre Solutions
Implementation of
a three-phase project
Initial Step Analysis of Client’s Needs
1 Content 2 Data 3 Web
Production Processing Integration
Time: 18 months

6. Phase 1 - Content Production
Need
Text digitization
Solution
A unit of 40 off-site workstations was
set up to scan books, other printed
media, and rare artifacts with a
capacity of 7,000 books per month

7. Phase 1 - Content Production
Need
Digitized images, sheet music,
and other visual art
Solution
A special mobile team was organized
to perform captures of images and
objects of art at partner libraries,
museums, archives, and private collections

8. Phase 1 - Content Production
Need
Digitized audio books
Solution
Established an off-site sound studio for
• audio book recording done by a team
of professional narrators
• digitizing old audio records, such as
tape and vinyl recordings

9. Phase 1 - Content Production
Need
Digitized video
Solution
A video team was organized to
• film theater plays in theaters during the
actual play
• convert various types of old video
recordings, such as VHS and BETA tapes,
into digital formats

10. Phase 2 - Data Processing
Need
Full search and metadata
information for every digital object
Solution
• Providing full indexing and metadata input
according to the Dublin Core standard
• Generation of content-related links
between works

11. Phase 3 - Web Integration
Need
An integrated web platform
Solution
Implemented a web platform in
compliance with Universal
Design Requirements and Web
Accessibility Guidelines

12. Phase 3 - Web Integration
Need
A copyright management tool
Solution
Developed an administration module
that serves management functions for
work placement and access rights

13. Phase 3 - Web Integration
Need
A copyright management tool
Solution
Developed an author’s module that
allows copyright owners to track
their works’ performances and
revenue generated

14. Phase 3 - Web Integration
Need
A management tool for paid advertising
Solution
Installed an advertising module to
• manage banners, text ads, and loaders and
track their performance
• facilitate advertising campaigns targeted at
a particular customer segment based on
customer profiles

15. NeoLibre Solutions
The Result
Established a public digital
library that enables individuals
from any social group to
access a wide variety of
valuable digital objects

16. NeoLibre Solutions
User Benefits
• Unlimited access to 20,000 digitized
cultural objects
• Modern and user-friendly navigation
• Access for people with sight and
hearing impairments

17. NeoLibre Solutions
Benefits for
the organization
• A web platform that natively
supports any type of digital object
• The right to publish copyrighted
objects supported by a copyright
management module
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18. NeoLibre Solutions
Benefits for
the organization
• The opportunity to add an unlimited
number of further works
• The chance to generate additional
commercial revenue through
advertising