World Digital Library: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:25, 12 July 2007

The World Digital Library is a collection of cultural material from libraries around the world.

Links

Languages

Size

>> 1 TB from the Library of Congress; smaller collections from other libraries of the rough dozen countries involved.

Formats materials are currently in : widely varied format and metadata. Images, audio files, and text files in many formats, html, videos,
Scripting: individual scripts may be suitable for online collections; much of the curation is being done internal

Group: Library of Congress

Group coordinator: Kevin Novak, Justin Thorp

Curator(s): Librarians @ LOC...

Allottable size: 10M / 2G

Scope: very broad. cultural materials, artefacts, library and museum collections.

Completeness: close to done

Multilingualism: primarily en; have 20+ language specialties

Quality: high to highest

Freeness: freest; public domain

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 ==Curator Info==
-'''Group: '''
+'''Group: ''' Library of Congress
-'''Group coordinator: '''
+'''Group coordinator:''' Kevin Novak, Justin Thorp
-'''Curator(s): '''
+'''Curator(s):''' Librarians @ LOC...
-'''Allottable size: '''
+'''Allottable size:''' 10M / 2G
 ==Assessment==
+'''Scope''': very broad.  cultural materials, artefacts, library and museum collections.
-'''Scope''' (subjects, ages, other)
-'''Completeness''' (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience)
+'''Completeness''': close to done
-'''Multilingualism''' (specifically es, pt, en, ar)
+'''Multilingualism''': primarily en; have 20+ language specialties
-'''Quality''' (incl. suitability for audience)
+'''Quality''': high to highest
-'''Freeness''' (license and format)
+'''Freeness''': freest; public domain