LIFE-SHARE Project: Developing a Digitisation Strategy Toolkit

This poster will outline the Digitisation Strategy Toolkit created as part of the LIFE-SHARE project. The toolkit is based on the lifecycle model created by the LIFE project and explores the creation, acquisition, ingest, preservation (bit-stream and content) and access requirements for a digitisation strategy. This covers the policies and infrastructure required in libraries to establish successful practices. The toolkit also provides both internal and external resources to support the service. This poster will illustrate how the toolkit works effectively to support digitisation with examples from three case studies at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York

Aufbau einer verteilten digitalen Bibliothek für nichttextuelle Dokumente - Ansatz und Erfahrungen des PROBADO Projekts

Das PROBADO Projekt ist ein von der DFG gefördertes Leistungszentrum für Forschungsinformation mit dem Ziel des prototypischen Aufbaus und Betriebs einer verteilten digitalen Bibliothek für heterogene, nicht-textuelle Dokumente. Betrachtet werden in diesem Projekt alle Schritte der bibliothekarischen Verwertungskette vom Bestandsaufbau über semi-automatische Inhaltserschließung, bis hin zu visuellinteraktiver Suche und Präsentation sowie Betriebsaspekten. In diesem Beitrag werden der gewählte Ansatz beschrieben und die bislang im Projekt gemachten praktischen und konzeptionellen Erfahrungen systematisiert und eingeordnet. The PROBADO project ls a collaborative research effort aiming at prototypical development and operation of a distributed digital library system for heterogeneous, nontextual documents. The project considers all steps of the processing chaln in libraries ranging from repository compilation, semi-automatic, content-based indexing, to visual- interactive search and presentation, and operational aspects. In this paper, we describe the chosen approach, specifically detailing on experiences and lessons learned up to now in the course of this project

The PROBADO project - approach and lessons learned in building a digital library system for heterogeneous non-textual documents

The PROBADO project is a research effort to develop and operate advanced Digital Library support for non-textual documents. The main goal is to contribute to all parts of the Digital Library work flow from content acquisition over indexing to search and presentation. While not limited in terms of supported document types, reference support is developed for classical digital music and 3D architectural models. In this paper, we review the overall goals, approaches taken, and lessons learned so far in a highly integrated effort of university researchers and library experts. We address the problem of technology transfer, aspects of repository compilation, and the problem of inter-domain retrieval. The experiences are relevant for other project efforts in the non-textual Digital Library domain