Digital Libraries

Collaborative Research: Curriculum Development: Digital Libraries
The project was originally funded for 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008. This was extended until 12/31/2009.


 * Project Team at VT:
 * PI: Edward A. Fox (fox@vt.edu)
 * GRA: Seungwon Yang (seungwon@vt.edu)
 * REU: John Ewers (jewers@vt.edu)


 * Project Team at UNC-CH:
 * PI: Barbara M. Wildemuth (wildem@ils.unc.edu)
 * Co-PI: Jeffrey Pomerantz (pomerantz@unc.edu)
 * GRA: Sanghee Oh (shoh@email.unc.edu)

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. IIS-0535057 (VT) and IIS-0535060 (UNC-CH).

Table 1. Curriculum Framework (Including Links to Specific Modules)
Note: Click here for a list of modules signed up for developments

Table 2. Modules for Information Retrieval Software Packages
Note: These modules can be used along with IR-related DL curriculum modules. Especially, these modules might be useful to add more technical aspect in DL classes and to provide students with realistic exercises using IR tools.

Table 3. Modules for LucidWorks Big Data Software
Note: These modules have been developed for the LucidWorks software, which is an integrated tool for processing Big Data.

Table 4. Modules for Multimedia-Related Software
Note: These modules have been developed for software tools, which are related to sound and image manipulations as well as biometric image software.

Versions of the Curriculum Framework Developed by VT/UNC Project

 * Framework for DL Curriculum (08/23/2008)
 * Framework for DL Curriculum (09/16/2007)
 * 10-Module Diagram
 * 9-Module Diagram
 * The Original 19-Module Set

Module Template

 * Template (since Aug. 27, 2007)
 * Template (before Aug. 27, 2007)

DL Syllabi Analyses

 * Computer Science DL Syllabi Reading Analysis: Resources for "Digital Library Education in Computer Science Programs, Pomerantz et al.", JCDL'07.
 * Library and Information Science DL Syllabi Reading Analysis

Others

 * DL Educational Taxonomy

Journal

 * Pomerantz, J., Abbas, J., & Mostafa, J. (2009). Teaching Digital Library Concepts Using Digital Library Applications. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 10(1), 1-13.


 * Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E. A., & Wildemuth, B. (2006). The Core: Digital Library Education in Library and Information Science Programs. D-Lib Magazine, 12(11). Supplementary material: Book_list, Journal_Article_list, Journal_list.


 * Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (2006). Briefing: Digital libraries curriculum development. D-Lib Magazine 12(7/8).

Conference Papers / Posters

 * Wildemuth, B.M, Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E.A. (2009). I-School as a Natural Home for Digital Libraries Education. Poster presented at iConference, February 8-11, 2009.Poster


 * Wildemuth, B.M., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E.A. (2009). The Variety of Ways in Which Instructors Implement a Modular Digital Library Curriculum. Poster presented at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, June 15-19, 2009. Poster


 * Yang, S., Levy, J., Miller, K., Pomerantz, J.P., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B.M., Fox, E.A. (2008). Two approaches to enhance the education for ETDs: Developing educational modules and migrating the ETD Guide into a community wiki. Paper presented at ETD 2008: The 11th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Aberdeen Scotland, June 4-7, 2008.Paper


 * Yang, S., Wildemuth, B. Kim, S., Murthy, U., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S. & Fox, E. A. (2007). Further Development of a Digital Library Curriculum: Evaluation Approaches and New Tools. The 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 10-13, 2007. Paper, Presentation Slides


 * Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B., Yang, S. & Fox, E. A. (2007). Digital Library Education in Computer Science Programs. The 7th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-23.Paper


 * Yang, S., Oh, S., Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B., & Fox, E. A. (2007). Improving Education and Understanding of NDLTD. The 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 2007. Paper, Presentation Slides


 * Abbas, j., Kim, K.-S., Wildemuth, B. M., Choi, Y., Mostafa, J., Brancolini, K., Pomerantz, J., Clobridge, A. (2006). Education for Digital Librarianship: Employer's Needs and How They Can Be Addressed. Panel presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, TX. Abstract


 * Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B., Fox, E. A., & Yang, S. (2006). Curriculum Development for Digital Libraries. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (pp. 175-184). New York: Association for Computing Machinery. Paper in ACM DL, Powerpoint presentation, JCDL 2006 Conference site


 * Yang, S., Fox, E. A., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006)Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development for Digital Library Education. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (pp. 61-70). Paper published by Springer Berlin, Slides are attached under 'Presentation slides', ICADL 2006 Conference site

Book Chapters

 * Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2009). Core Topics in Digital Library Education . In Theng, Foo, Goh, and Na (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development and Impact (pp.493-505). IGI Global.


 * Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006). Digital library education, curricula, modules, and resources. In Encyclopedia of Digital Libraries. Proposal accepted in 2006.

Presentations

 * Pomerantz, J. (2008). Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Digital Library Curriculum. In J. Selthofer, T. Aparac-Jelušić & M. Krtalić (Eds.), Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2008 (pp. 143-148). Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia: Faculty of Philosophy, University J. J. Strossmayer and Rutgers University.Presentation Slides
 * Wildemuth, B., & Fox, E. A. (2008). Preliminary Results from Field Testing of DL Curriculum Modules. JCDL Workshop: Education for Digital Stewardship: Librarians, Archivists or Curators? Pittsburge, PA, June 16-20. Presentation Slides


 * Wildemuth, B.M. (2007). Bringing your library into view. Presented at Jinonice Monday's, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University, October 1, 2007. Presentation Slides

Project Reports

 * NSF Reports: proposal, abstract, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year report, highlights (VT, UNC)


 * Project Progress Report : August 11, 2006
 * Project overview at UNC-CH : Slides for advisory board meeting at UNC-CH - June 14, 2006
 * Project introduction at ETD '06 : Presentation in Quebec, Canada - June 10, 2006
 * Project overview - VT : Slides for advisory board meeting at VT - May 1, 2006

Project Links

 * Project Main Page
 * Digital Library Curriculum WIKI homepage (password-protected)
 * Project Progress Diary
 * FAQ link
 * NSF proposal
 * NSF abstract
 * NSF 1st year report
 * NSF 2nd year report
 * NSF 3rd year report
 * NSF 4th year report

Project Evaluation Resource

 * Instructor Interview Guide