Digital Library Education in Computer Science

ProgramsJeffrey PomerantzBarbara M. WildemuthSanghee OhSchool of Info. & Library ScienceUNC Chapel Hill<pomerantz, wildem, shoh>@unc.eduTapping the vast reservoir of human knowledge --Louis Round Wilson, founder, 1931

Edward A. FoxSeungwon Yang

Computer Science Department

VA Tech<fox, seungwon>@vt.edu

Development & evaluation process

· From research team (VT & UNC)

· From current courses at VT & UNC

· From Advisory Board· From CC 2001

Vision/plan

Design

· Modules· Lessons

· Inspection by Advisory Board

· Inspection by external experts

· Inspection by Doctoral Consortium participants

Evaluate

· CC 2001 context· Curricular needs· Student background

Analyze· Specific strengths· Specific weaknesses

Feedback

· At UNC & VT· At additional universities

(in CS & LIS programs)

Revise & Implement

· Modules ready for use

· Lessons ready for use

Products

· Teacher perceptions· Student perceptions· Student outcomes

Evaluatein the field

Curriculum framework

3-a: Collection development/selection policies3-b: Digitization

2-a: Text resources2-b: Multimedia

4-a: Information architecture (e.g., hypertext, hypermedia)4-b: Metadata, cataloging, metadata markup, metadata harvesting4-c: Ontologies, classification, categorization

4-d: Subject description, vocabulary control, thesauri, terminologies4-e: Object description and organization for a specific domain

5-a: Architecture overviews/models5-b: Applications5-c: Identifiers, handles, DOI, PURL

Overview1

Architecture (agents, mediators)

55-d: Protocols5-e: Interoperability5-f: Security

3-c: Harvesting3-d: Document and e-publishing/presentation markup

2-c (8-c): File formats, transformation, migration

1-a (10-c): Conceptual frameworks, theories, definitions

Info/ Knowledge Organization

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1-b: History of digital libraries and library automation

Digital Objects2

Collection Development

3

Curriculum framework6-a: Info needs, relevance6-b: Search strategy, info seeking behavior, user modeling

8-a: Approaches to archiving and repository development

9-a: Project management9-b: DL case studies9-c: DL evaluation, user studies9-d: Bibliometrics, Webometrics

9-e: Legal issues (e.g., copyright)9-f: Cost/economic issues9-g: Social issues

10-a: Future of DLs10-b: Education for digital librariansDL education

and research10

7-a: Search engines, IR, indexing methods7-b: Reference services7-c: Recommender systems

6-c: Sharing, networking, interchange (e.g., social)6-d: Interaction design, info summarization and visualization, usability assessment

User Behavior/ Interactions

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7-d: Routing, community filtering7-e: Web publishing (e.g., wiki, rss, Moodle, etc.)

Services7

8-b: Sustainability8-c (2-c): File formats, transformation, migration

Management and Evaluation

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10-c (1-a): Conceptual framework, theories, definitions10-d: DL research initiatives

Preservation8

Previous work

JCDL 2006: Analysis of topics of papers from D-Lib, ACM DL, JCDL, ECDL, ICADL

D-Lib Nov 2006: Analysis of topics of readings assigned in DL courses in LIS programs

Most frequently assigned authorsAuthor name # assignments

Nelson, Michael 10

Arms, William 7

Fox, Edward 6

Gonçalves, Marcos 6

Lagoze, Carl 6

Marshall, Catherine 5

Paepcke, Andreas 4

Crane, Gregory 4

Garcia-Molina, Hector 4

Hochstenbach, Patrick 4

Lawrence, Steve 4

Van de Sompel, Herbert 4

Watson, L. T. 4

Most frequently assigned authorsAuthor name # assign: CS # assign: LIS

Nelson, Michael 10 1

Arms, William 7 36

Fox, Edward 6 10

Gonçalves, Marcos 6 0

Lagoze, Carl 6 15

Author name # assign: CS # assign: LIS

Arms, William 7 36

Borgman, Christine 0 27

Bainbridge, David 1 26

Witten, Ian 2 26

Lesk, Michael 0 18

CS Top 5

LIS Top 5

Most frequently assigned journalsJournal name # assignments

D-Lib Magazine 16

Computers in Libraries 13

Information Today 8

Online 6

Searcher 5

Communications of the ACM 4

Library Journal 4

Atlantic Monthly 3

First Monday 3

Journal of the American Society of Information Science 3

Most frequently assigned journalsJournal name # assign: CS # assign: LIS

D-Lib Magazine 16 154

Computers in Libraries 13 14

Information Today 8 11

Online 6 11

Searcher 5 5

Journal name # assign: CS # assign: LIS

D-Lib Magazine 16 154

Communication of the ACM 4 27

JASIST 2 25

First Monday 3 21

Library Trends 1 19

CS Top 5

LIS Top 5

Most frequently assigned articlesArticle title # assign: CS # assign: LIS

Bush, V. (1945). As we may think. Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101-108.

3 8

Gonçalves, M.A., et al. (2004). Streams, structures, spaces, scenarios, societies (5S): A formal model for digital libraries. ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 22(2), 270-312.

2 0

Article title # assign: CS # assign: LIS

Borgman, C. L. (1999). What are Digital Libraries? Competing Visions. Information Processing & Management, 35(3), 227-243.

0 9

Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly, 101-108.

3 8

Schwartz, C. (2000). Digital Libraries: An Overview. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 26(6), 385-394.

0 7

Choudhury, G.S., et al. (2002). A Framework for Evaluating Digital Library Service. D-Lib Magazine, 8(7/8).

0 5

Arms, W. Y., Blanchi, C., & Overly, E. A. (1997). An Architecture for Information in Digital Libraries. D-Lib Magazine, 3(2).

0 5

CS Top 2

LIS Top 5

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Module template1. Module name2. Learning objectives3. Level of effort required4. Prerequisite knowledge required5. Relationships with other modules6. Introductory remedial instruction7. Resources8. Body of knowledge9. Exercises & learning activities10. Evaluation of learning outcomes11. Glossary12. Useful links

Formative module evaluation

1. Objectives2. Body of knowledge3. Readings4. Learning Activities5. Logistics

Additional information

Project website: curric.dlib.vt.edu

Supported by the NSF under Grant Nos. IIS-0535057 (VT) and IIS-0535060 (UNC-CH)