Digital Library Systems and Applications

The course will explore the following topics:

• User-Centered Design: Functional Requirements, Use Cases, and Usability
• Components of Digital Collections: Collections Objects, Object Metadata, and System Models
• Workflows: Creating, Acquiring, Administering, Accessing, and Disposing of Data
• Interoperability: Protocols, standards, and transformations

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this workshop, students will be able to:

• Identify digital library design and development processes
• Understand the relationships between data/metadata and system functionality
• Design staff workflows for using digital library systems
• Describe methods to reuse components of digital collections in alternative systems to meet user needs

Target Audience
This course is intended for library, archives, and museum professionals with experience in collections management or cataloging.

Prerequisites
None

Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements
It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

This course is part of the "Train to Share" series made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Project-based homework is an important part of this training series.

Technical Requirements
Live Online System Requirements

Schedule
This course consists of four 2-hour sessions. 

The Imaging and Preservation Service is funded in part by a grant from the Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities.