11 – 15 april 2011 mauritius institute of health pamplemousses mauritius sponsored by unesco

Greenstone Digital Library Software

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Source: Scanning Best Practices, By Pat Vince and Michael D. Emery, December 2005 - Version 19899

Source: iMARK Digitization & Digital Libraries CD100101102103104105106107107108Greenstone Overview109Greenstone Overview110Greenstone Overview111Greenstone Overview112Greenstone Requirements113Greenstone Requirements114Greenstone Features115Greenstone Features116Greenstone Features117Greenstone Features118Greenstone Features119

120Applications121The Upside of Greenstone122The Upside of Greenstone123The Downside of Greenstone Source: http://www.greenstone.org/factsheet124Greenstone Use:The Facts

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126Support Networks127User/Technical Support Resources128User/Technical Support Resources

129User/Technical Support Resources130Greenstone 3131Greenstone 3132133134

Greenstone Interfaces135Greenstone User/Reader Interface136

Greenstone User/Reader Interface137Greenstone User/Reader Interface

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)138

139Greenstone Librarian InterfaceGreenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)140Creating a new CollectionSelect File New from the MenuSpecify a Collection titleYou may optionally enter a description for your new collectionYou may base your new collection on an existing one by utilising the given facility

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)

Format the output of your collection

Create (or build) the collection

Enrich content with metadataDownload files/web pages for your collectionDesign searching & browsing facilitiesGather source files from your local machine141Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)142

The Download PanelAllows you to download files from the InternetGreenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)143The Gather PanelThe WORKSPACE AREA shows you the files & folders on your computer while the COLLECTION AREA shows you the content that is already in your Greenstone collectionThe Gather Panel allows you to upload content into your collection by simply dragging & dropping files and/or folders from the WORKSPACE AREA into the COLLECTION AREA

COLLECTION AREAWORKSPACE AREAGreenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)144The Enrich PanelAllows you to assign metadata to the documents within your collection.A single field can have multiple values, e.g., in the given example the author has two values and the subject has three values. To achieve this, press the Enter or Return key after typing in one of the values

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)145The Design Panel

Document PluginsThese are Perl programs that parse input documents, extracting metadata from themFor example, the PDFPlugin is needed in order to process PDF filesThey can be configured to suit particular needs through the Configure Plugins featureGreenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)146The Design PanelThe UnknownPlugUsed to process file types for which there are no pluginsOnly extracts very basic metadata all other elements, e.g., filename, filesize, must be manually assigned

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)147The Design PanelThe UnknownPlugCannot extract text and so added files cannot be searched. Files are therefore accessed through browsing or searching on assigned metadataFor example, to process mp4 (video format) files, enter (?i)\.mp4$ in the process_exp field

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)148The Design PanelSearch IndexesThis section allows you to specify the metadata fields that you wish to use to search for resources within your collectionSearch indexes can be built using one or a combination of fields

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)149The Design PanelBrowsing ClassifiersAre used to create a collections browsing indexesThese can be simple lists or complex hierarchical structures

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In GLIIn Reader InterfaceThe Design Panel Browsing ClassifiersGreenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)151The Format Panel

GeneralAllows you to specify a title for your collectionUpload an image for your collection on the home pageEnter (or edit) the description for your collection. This is usually a statement of the purpose and coverage/scope of your collectionGreenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)152The Create PanelAllows you to build the collectionAny errors encountered during the build process will be displayed

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)153The Format PanelSearchAllows you to edit the labels for the available search indexes or fieldsTo change labels, edit desired field under the Display text column

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)154The Format PanelFormat FeaturesUpload an image for your collection on the home pageEnter (or edit) the description for your collection

Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)155The Format PanelCross-Collection SearchAllows you to search across a number of collections within your digital librarySimply click on a collection to select or deselect it

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160161162Interoperability163Access Controls164Access Controls165Customisation166The Depositor167Server Installation

168Server Installation169Greenstone Vs DSpace170

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Faculties & other units form top level communities172

Departments are sub communities within faculties173

Indexed listing of papers in Conference Papers collection174

Item record is displayed with clickable link to actual item (for viewing)175

Clicking on link opens item in new window176References