Digital Archives and Libraries

Code:

MCI0010

Acronym:

ABD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/si/conteudos_adm.conteudos_list?pct_pag_id=1639&pct_parametros=p_ano_lectivo=2007/2008-y-p_cad_codigo=MCI0010-y-p_periodo=2S
Responsible unit:	Informatics Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCI	30	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	60	162
MHP	0	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Understand the social, intellectual, economic and technical issues concerning digital repositories;
- Analyse on-line libraries and archives;
- Design and develop a digital library using a digital library system.
- Use a multimedia archive from the archivist and the archive manager perspectives;
- Understand digital text, image, audio and video formats as well as the digitization processes;
- Use digital description, interchange and preservation standards.

Program

Digital archives and libraries.
Characteristics of digital repositories. Application domains. Social, economic and technical issues.

Key features of a digital repository.
Usability interface. Research tools. Organization of information. Updating facilities.

Designing and developing a digital library using a digital library system (Greenstone).

Using a multimedia archive (Metamedia) from the perspective of the archivist and the archive manager.

Digital archive management and preservation. INTERPARES and Interpares2 projects. Description standards and requirements. ISO 15489 and the MoReq Specification. EAD (Encoded Archival Description).

Mandatory literature

Witten, Ian H.; How to build a digital library. ISBN: 1-55860-790-0

Complementary Bibliography

Michael Lesk; Understanding Digital Libraries , Morgan Kaufmann, 2005. ISBN: 1558609245

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes shall consist of lectures with reference to the bibliography.
In practical classes, proposed research topics shall be discussed with the students, practical coursework on digital libraries and archives shall be carried out and corresponding results presented.

Software

Greenstone Digital Library

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Information technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	60,00
Final Examination	Exame	2,00		2008-07-31
Project: Digital Library Analysis	Trabalho escrito	8,00		2008-03-31
Project: Building a Digtal Repository with Greenstone.	Trabalho escrito	20,00		2008-05-26
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Individual Study	Estudo autónomo	30	2008-07-31
	Total:	30,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum required to pass this course:
50% practical assessment
40% theoretical assessment

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation of assignments accomplished during the semester: 40%
Final exam: 60%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students taking exams under special regimes are expected to previously submit the assignments required for this course.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students taking exams under special regimes are expected to previously submit the assignments required for this course.

Classification improvement

Students may improve the mark obtained in the practical component in the subject?s next edition. Exam marks may improved in the resit exam period.