Lesson Plan: - Digital Library Curriculum Project - Virginia Tech

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546Digital Library Curriculum DevelopmentModule 1-b: History of Digital Libraries and Library AutomationDraft: 3/13/071. Module name: History of Digital Libraries and Library Automationa. Scope note: the origin of the DL research agenda, DLI, DLI-2, NSDL, theorigin of other long-term DL projects still extant.2. Learning objectives:a. Students will be able to name areas of research and development that fed intoearly digital library work.b. Students will be able to describe early digital library initiatives.c. Students will be able to describe ways in which areas of research anddevelopment that fed into early digital library work affect current digitallibrary work and future areas of digital library research and development.3. Level of effort required:a. Prior to class: 3 hours for readingsb. In class: 1.5 hours4. Prerequisite knowledge required:a. In LS programs: Noneb. In CS programs: None5. Relationships with other modules:a. Necessary relationships:i. 10-a: Future of DLsii. 10-b: Education for digital librariansiii. 1-a (10-c): Conceptual frameworks, theoriesiv. 10-d: DL research initiativesb. Weak relationships:i. 4-f: Object description and organization for a specific domainii. 7-a: Search engines, IRiii. 9-h: Social issues6. 5S characteristics of the module:a. Primary: Societiesb. Secondary:i.1

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445467. Introductory remedial instruction:a. In LS programs (optional): Course on the history of library automationb. In CS programs (optional): Course on the history of computing8. Body of knowledge:a. Research streams that fed into early DL worki. Information Retrievalii. Electronic Publishing & Scholarly Publishingiii. Databases1. Text-only2. Multimediaiv. Cyberinfrastructurev. Otherb. Digital Library Initiative (DLI)c. Digital Libraries Initiative Phase 2 (DLI2)d. Funding agenciesi. National Science Foundation (NSF)ii. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)iii. Andrew W. Mellon Foundationiv. W.K. Kellogg Foundatione. Major digital library projectsi. Education1. National Science Digital Library (NSDL)ii. Humanities1. Documenting the American South2. Perseus Projectiii. Geographic data1. Alexandria Digital Library (ADL)iv. Multimedia1. Informedia Project2. Open Video Projectv. Management approaches to collections of collections1. ibiblio2. NSDLf. Evolution of servicesi. Architecturalii. Library-styleiii. Educational2

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445469. Resourcesa. Required readings:b. Research streams that fed into early DL worki. Information Retrieval1. Fox, E. A. (1993). Source Book on Digital Libraries, Version1.0. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech.http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DigitalLibrary/DLSB.pdf (Specifically ch.1, 2, & 3)ii. Electronic Publishing & Scholarly Publishing1. Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly,176(1), 101-108. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush2. Peek, R. P., & Pomerantz, J. P. (1998). Electronic ScholarlyJournal Publishing. In M. E. Williams (Ed.), Annual Review ofInformation Science and Technology (Vol. 33, pp. 321-356).Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.iii. Databasesiv. Cyberinfrastructure1. Kahn, R. E., & Cerf, V. G. (1988). The Digital Library ProjectVolume I: The World of Knowbots, (DRAFT): An OpenArchitecture For a Digital Library System and a Plan For ItsDevelopment: Corporation for National Research Initiatives.http://hdl.handle.net/4263537/20912. Atkins, D. E., Droegemeier, K. K., Feldman, S. I., Garcia-Molina, H., Klein, M. L., Messerschmitt, D. G., et al. (2003).Revolutionizing Science and Engineering ThroughCyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science FoundationBlue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure.Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation.http://www.cise.nsf.gov/sci/reports/toc.cfm.v. Other1. Licklider, J. C. R. (1965). Libraries of the Future. Cambridge,MA: MIT Press.c. Digital Library Initiative (DLI)i. DLI website: http://www.dli2.nsf.gov/dlione/ii. 6 projects:iii. Range of mediad. Digital Libraries Initiative Phase 2 (DLI2)i. DLI-2 website: http://www.dli2.nsf.gov/e. Funding agenciesi. National Science Foundation (NSF)ii. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)3

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546iii. Andrew W. Mellon Foundationiv. W.K. Kellogg Foundationf. Major digital library projectsi. Alexandriaii. Perseus1. Crane, G. (1998). The Perseus Project and Beyond: HowBuilding a Digital Library Challenges the Humanities andTechnology. D-Lib Magazine, 4(1).http://dx.doi.org/cnri.dlib/january98-crane2. Marchionini, G. (2000). Evaluating Digital Libraries: ALongitudinal and Multifaceted View. Library Trends, 49(2),304-333.iii. ibiblio1. Jones, P. (2001). Open(source)ing the doors for contributor-rundigital libraries. Communications of the ACM, 44(5), 45-6.iv. The National Science Digital Library (NSDL)1. Wattenberg, F. (1998). A National Digital Library for Science,Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education. D-LibMagazine, 4(9). http://dx.doi.org/cnri.dlib/october98-wattenberg2. Zia, L. L. (2000). The NSF National Science, Mathematics,Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library(NSDL) Program: A Progress Report. D-Lib Magazine, 6(10).http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/october2000-zia3. Zia, L. L. (2001). The NSF National Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library(NSDL) Program: New Projects and a Progress Report. D-LibMagazine, 7(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/november2001-zia4. Zia, L. L. (2002). The NSF National Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library(NSDL) Program: New Projects in Fiscal Year 2002. D-LibMagazine, 8(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/november2002-zia5. Zia, L. L. (2004). The NSF National Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library(NSDL) Program: New Projects in Fiscal Year 2003. D-LibMagazine, 10(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/march2004-zia6. Zia, L. L. (2005). The NSF National Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library(NSDL) Program: New Projects from Fiscal Year 2004. D-LibMagazine, 11(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/march2005-zia7. Zia, L. L. (2006). The NSF National Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library(NSDL) Program. D-Lib Magazine, 12(3).http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/march2006-inbrief4

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546g. Evolution of servicesi. Architectural1. Kahn, R., & Wilensky, R. (1995). A Framework forDistributed Digital Object Services.http://dx.doi.org/cnri.dlib/tn95-01ii. Library-style1. Library Trends 49(2), Fall 2000: Special issue: AssessingDigital Library Servicesiii. Educational1. Giersch, S., Klotz, E. A., McMartin, F., Muramatsu, B.,Renninger, K. A., Shumar, W., et al. (2004). If You Build It,Will They Come? Participant Involvement in Digital Libraries.D-Lib Magazine, 10(7/8).http://dlib.org/dlib/july04/giersch/07giersch.html.10. Concept map11. Exercises / Learning activitiesa. Homework to be completed prior to this lesson:i.b. Exercise in class:i. Minute paper?c. Discussion questions for the classroom:i.d. Lab in class:12. Evaluation of learning outcomesa. Homework to be completed subsequent to this lesson:i.13. Glossarya. DLI: Digital Libraries Initiativeb. DLI-2: Digital Libraries Initiative Phase 2c. IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services. imls.govd. NSDL: National Science Digital Library, created by the National ScienceFoundation. nsdl.org5

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