1. Introduction to Digital Libraries Assignment #4
Old Dominion University
Department of Computer Science
CS 751/851 Spring 2010
Michael L. Nelson
05/03/10

2. Building A Digital Library
Using the locally stored objects from Assignment #3 as the content, build a digital library
Keep your A3 directory / URLs intact; don't remove content to populate your DL (make separate copies if needed)
Build your own DL or install and use an existing package

3. Some Popular DL/Repository Systems
Eprints (at least partially installed on your VM; some assembly required)
DSpace
Greenstone
CDS Invenio
Fedora (powerful, but may be more involved than you desire)

4. Grading Your DL
to the class list by 11:59PM May 3 URLs for your DL
this URL must remain valid & operational until May 8
Criteria:
general searching
fielded searching
browsing of all objects in collection
browsing by categories (subject, authors, year, etc.)
permalinks / individually addressable objects
machine readable export (OAI-PMH or Atom/RSS)
Grading for each of the criteria above:
0 = not functioning or not existent
1 = functioning, but lacking some quality (features, usability, aesthetics, etc.)
2 = exemplary & fully functional

5. In Class Demo
1 point for in class demo during our regularly scheduled exam time, May 3
Requirements
Each student has 6 minutes for demo, lessons learned, etc.
DL must be reachable from the class room PC (i.e., no magic laptops)