Calendar
Unit 1: May 27th Course Introduction
Readings:
- No readings
Videos:
- Welcome to IST 653 Digital Libraries Summer Session 2025 [9:24 min.]
- Overview of Course Part 1 [15:22 min]
- Overview of Course Part 2 [8:32 min]
- Pre-History to Digital Libraries [46:19 min.]
Presentation:
- Pre-History to Digital Libraries [.pptx]
Disscussion:
- The Story of the Beautiful
- Trinity College, Dublin Ireland
- UAlbany Digtial Collections
- National Science Digital Library
- Mark Twain Project Online
- Vincent van Gogh: The Letters
- Digital Public Library of America
- NYC OpenData
- The Salman Rushdie Digital Archive
Exercises:
- Meet Your Classmates Due: Wednesday, May 28th
- Spend a couple minutes with each digital repository above, and watch the video about the Rushdie Archive, albeit dated, it covers the fundamentals nicely.
Unit 2: May 30th What is a Digital Library
Readings:
- What Are Digital Libraries? [Waters 1998]
- Digital Library [Wikipedia]
- Why Digital Libraries? [Lesk 2004]
- The Library of Utopia [Carr 2004]
- As We May Think PDF or HMTL [Bush 1945]
Videos:
- Foundations of Digital Libraries Part 1 [8:17 min.]
- Foundations of Digital Libraries Part 2 [33:36 min.]
Presentation:
Discussion & Exercise:
- “As We May Think” questions. Answer one question on the [discussion board], approximately 75 words, and comment on one other fellow student’s post.
Unit 3: June 2nd Images (Digitization)
Readings:
- Introduction to Imaging (read: intro to p. 46) Besser (2003) [.pdf]
- FADGI or Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative Just read and review:
- About
- Review Process
- Skim the Glossary
Videos:
- Introduction to Image Scanning [48:04]
- Flatbed Scanner vs Overhead Digitization [2:54]
- Library of Congress Introduction to Scanning [9:26]
Presentation:
Unit 4: June 4th Images (File Management) Part 1
Readings:
- Image file formats. A Few Scanning Tips. Fulton, W. (2013)
- Chapter 2 "Selection", 3 "Conversion", & 4"Quality Control in Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives, Kenney. [2000]
- Skim Renamer user manual [PC] or Mac
- 12 Myths about Embedded Photo Metadata
Videos:
- Filenaming, Embedded Metadata, Managing Digital Assets:
- (Lecture) Part 1 [18:40]
- (Lecture) Part 2 [27:03]
- How to Show File Extensions in Windows [0:43]
- How to Show File Extensions for Mac [5:03]
- Renamer, a Powerful Software for Mass File Renaming (PC Version)
- Renamer App Review: Simplify File Organization (Mac Version)
- How to Batch Edit Images with PhotoScape
Presentation:
Technology / Exercise
Unit 5: June 6th Images (File Management) Part 2
Readings:
- Stanford Libraries’ Best practices for file naming
- 6b Image creation “File/Image Processing” [Kenny (2000)]
- 6c “Introduction/Keeping Track” [Kenny (2000)]
Videos:
- File Naming videos:
- Create watermarks with PhotoScape X (Mac) [6:27]
- Create watermarks with PhotoScape X (Windows) [3:03]
- Resize multiple images with PhotoScape X (Mac) [3:03]
- Resize multiple images with PhotoScape X (Windows) [2:48]
Presentation:
- No presentation
Technology downloads:
- Adobe Bridge
-
Note about Adobe Bridge and for any applications you install in this course, lease DO NOT upgrade your computer. In this case, if Bridge will not install, we can find an alternative. You might try installing an older version. Look at this image to see where to click in the Creative Cloud app to install and older version of Adobe Bridge.
- Install Photoscape X (Mac & Win) if you have not already
Unit 6: June 9th Digital Audio and Video
Readings:
- Format Considerations in AudioVisual Preservation Reformatting (2010)
- Digital Audio Best Practices (2006) (pp. 1-35)
- Born Digital Video Preservation: A Final Report (2011)
Videos:
- Foundations of Audio [51:35]
- Foundations of Video [32:09]
Presentation:
- Foundations of Audio [.pdf]
- Foundations fo Video [.pdf]
- Sample vendor proposal [.pdf]
Unit 7: June 11th Metadata and XML
Readings:
- Chapters 1, & 2 of Miller
- Miller 6 & 7 (pp. 163-170, skim remainder of chapter)
- How Does XML Help Libraries? (Banerjee)
Videos:
- Introduction to Metadata [40:36]
- Introduction to XML [44:58]
- XML Coders Boot Camp
Presentation:
- Introduction to Metadata [.pdf]
- Introduction to XML [.pdf]
Exercise:
Click on these links, and review them briefly. They are basically the same
- Dublin Core Generator
- Install Oxygen XML Editor’s 30 day trial license.
- Oxygen XML Editor (30 day trial) Mac and PC
- Once installed, please post to the Discussion Board, and please let me know (briefly) if have heard of XML before and/or familiar with the markup language.
Due: Monday, June 16th
Unit 8: June 13th Choosing a Repository Architecture
Readings:
Videos:
Presentation:
Unit 9: June 16th Metadata & Open Refine
Readings:
-
OpenRefine Lessons for Librarians (NOT required, just for future reference)
Videos:
- How to install OpenRefine (Mac) [3:00]
- How to install OpenRefine (Windows) [3:33]
- OpenRefine Introduction and Exercise overview[15:52]
Presentation:
Exercise: Install OpenRefine and Edit Metadata
- Install OpenRefine on your computer https://openrefine.org/, watch the installation video above.
- After watching exercise overview video, download dataset to computer and import Indian Food 101 .csv file click download in uppper right hand corner
- Follow instructions in exercise overview video
- Post screenshot to discussion board of your newly updated Indian Food 101 dataset.
- Due: Monday, June 23rd
Unit 10: June 18th Linked Data & Controlled Vocabularies
Readings:
- “Controlled Vocabularies for Improved Resource Discovery (Chapter 5 in Miller) [.pdf]
- “Introduction to RDF for Librarians” (Tillman)
Videos:
- What is Linked Data [12:09]
- Introduction to Vocabularies & Linked Data [39:36]
Presentation:
Unit 11: June 20th Project Planning
Readings:
- Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study byKucsma, Reiss, & Sidman (2010) in D-Lib
- Review: The Showcase of Omeka Powered sites
- Planning Tips: “Questions to Ask While Planning”
- (Optional reading), “Institutional Repository on a Shoestring” in D-Lib Wrenn & Mueller (2009)
Videos:
- Omeka Screencasts:
- Watch all 12 "Getting Started" screencasts videos
Presentation:
- None
Unit 12: June 23rd Sustainability & Preservation
Readings:
- Optional ~ “Practical Limits to the Scope of Digital Preservation” by Kastellec (2012)
- Optional ~ “Preservation in the Age of Google” by Conway (2010)
Videos:
- Snow Byte & the Seven Formats: A Digital Preservation Fairy Tale [7:15]
- The Cost of Inaction Calculator Rationale [8:41]
Presentation:
- None
Unit 13: June 25th Open Lab
- Work on Final Project and Test 2
Unit 14: June 27th Open Lab
- Work on Final Project and Test 2
Final Day June 30th Open Lab
- Work on Final Project and Test 2
Everything Must Be Handed In By Date: Thursday, July 3rd
- Please hand in all assignments.
- Test 2 / Create Job Announcement
- Omeka Final Project