Digital Archives and Libraries

Code:

MCI0010

Acronym:

ABD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
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
EHP	0	Course Programme	1	-	6	60	162
MCI	30	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	60	162
MHP	1	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The "Digital Libraries and Digital Archives" unit has the main goal of leading students in the analysis of principles, theory and technology of digital repositories, supported on tools that will allow them to build such systems.

After the completion of this course unit, students should be capable of:
- Distinguishing digital repositories, digital archives, digital libraries and websites.
- Identifying the application domains of digital repositories and give examples, by mentioning the institutions which use them and types of collections.
- Developing a basic digital library based on a collection of documents and using appropriate software.
- Assessing the library and calculate the amount of work required to carry out each task.
- Analysing the differences between physical and digital libraries and selecting the aspects which require different procedures in order to develop and maintain those libraries.
- Identifying the necessary requirements concerning document treatment, technologies, services and plan while designing a digital library.
- Comparing the characteristics of systems for the design of digital repositories.
- Applying their knowledge of document description to the organization of a digital repository.
- Naming some problems in digital libraries research.

Program

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

- Digital objects
Text, image, multimedia. Formats. Digitalization.

- Architectures and models
- Collection organization
Description and meta-information.

- User interface
Ways of interaction. User search and models.

-Platforms of repository development. Greenstone, DSpace, Fedora.

- Planning and implementation of a digital library
Use of a digital library system: Greenstone

- Services of digital libraries.

- Management and conservation of digital repositories.
Requirements and regulations.

- Interoperability in digital repositories
Regulations.

Mandatory literature

Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, David M. Nichols; How to build a digital library - Second Edition., Morgan Kaufmann, 2009. ISBN: 0123748577

Complementary Bibliography

Michael Lesk; Understanding digital libraries. ISBN: 1-55860-924-5

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

Physical sciences > Computer science > Informatics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	48,00
Exercises	Teste	20,00		2013-06-01
Project 1: Analysis of Digital Repositories	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	20,00		2013-04-06
Project 2: Building a Digital Repository	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	40,00		2013-06-08
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	34	2013-07-27
	Total:	34,00

Eligibility for exams

To be admitted to exams, students have to reach a minimum grade of:
- 50% in the practical component
- 40% in the theoretical component.

Calculation formula of final grade

Grade of the assignments: grade of the practical assignments
Grade of the exam: grade of the exam. Students will only be admitted to exams if they perform the assignments.
Grade of the exercises: grade of the exercised presented in practical classes.

Final grade for students who do not participate in the practical sessions:

Final Grade =40%* Grade of the assignments
+
60%* Grade of the exam

Final grade for students who participate in the practical sessions:

Final Grade =40%* Grade of the assignments
+
20%* Grade of the exercises
+
40%* Grade of the exam

Examinations or Special Assignments

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

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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

Classification improvement

Students may improve the mark obtained in the practical component in the following academic year. Exam marks may improved in the resit (recurso) exam period.