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Core infrastructure considerations for large digital libraries

Title
Core infrastructure considerations for large digital libraries / by Geneva Henry.
Author
Henry, Geneva.
Publication
Washington DC : Council on Library and Information Resources, Digital Library Federation, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Council on Library and Information Resources.
  • Digital Library Federation.
Description
iv, 19 pages; 28 cm.
Summary
"This study examines the core infrastructure elements of systems that manage large quantities of digital materials that one would think of as a digital library. An examination of the infrastructures of a few make it possible to understand the diverse approaches each has taken to manage digital content. This study focuses on large, noncommercial digital libraries. Published in collaboration with CLIR's Digital Library Federation program."--Publisher description.
Series Statement
CLIR publication ; no. 153
Uniform Title
CLIR publication ; no. 153.
Subjects
Note
  • "July 2012."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-19).
Contents
About the author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Storage and content delivery -- Storage -- Servers -- Databases and repository platforms -- Content distribution and format assumptions -- Metadata approaches and harvesting -- Metadata formats -- Management of metadata with content -- Harvesting and content ingestion -- Search and discovery -- Services and applications -- System sustainability -- Summary -- References -- Additional resources.
ISBN
  • 9781932326413 (pbk.)
  • 1932326413 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • ocn806291587
  • 806291587
  • SCSB-5651463
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries