Four day course 2005

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Workshop on the
Greenstone Digital Library Software

Suva, Fiji
September 12 - 15, 2005

Introduction

This workshop will promote the development and sharing of digital library collections using the freely available Greenstone Digital Library software. The aim is to train trainers, and participants are expected to promote digital library collection development by conducting similar programmes in their countries.

Instructors

Mrs Katherine Don
Mr Michael Dewsnip
Dr Chi-Yu Huang
Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Approximate Schedule

(we may alter the schedule depending on how things go)

Day 1: Beginner

• 08:30-09:00 Welcome, introduce participants and instructors
• 09:00-10:00 Lecture 0: Introduction: What is a digital library; Greenstone: Overview of features
• 10:00-10:15 Tea
• 10:15-11:00 Lecture 1: Greenstone installation; browsing example collections
• 11:00-12:15 Lab 1: Greenstone installation; browsing example collections
• 12:15-13:15 Lunch
• 13:15-14:45 Lecture 2: Librarian Interface: Building collections and adding metadata
• 14:45-15:00 Tea
• 15:00-17:00 Lab 2: Librarian Interface: Building collections and adding metadata

Day 2: Advanced

• 08:30-10:00 Lecture 3: Librarian Interface: Using metadata, simple collection configuration
• 10:00-10:15 Tea
• 10:15-12:15 Lab 3: Librarian Interface: Using metadata, simple collection configuration
• 12:15-13:15 Lunch
• 13:15-14:45 Lecture 4: Librarian Interface: Advanced features
• 14:45-15:00 Tea
• 15:00-17:00 Lab 4: Librarian Interface: Advanced features

Day 3: Advanced

• 13:00-14:45 Lecture 5: Advanced formatting; creating a CD-ROM
• 14:45-15:00 Tea
• 15:00-17:00 Lab 5: Advanced formatting; creating a CD-ROM

Day 4: Advanced

• 08:30-10:00 Lecture 6: Advanced document types
• 10:00-10:15 Tea
• 10:15-12:15 Lab 6: Advanced document types
• 12:15-13:15 Lunch
• 13:15-16:30 For the afternoon, we will be flexible about content. You can use this time to work on your own collections, or ask any questions you have. There are several topics we can cover if there is interest, including:

• Setting up Greenstone for your organization
• Multilingual support and interface languages
• Restricting access to documents
• Scanning and OCR
• How collection building works

• 16:30-17:00 Concluding session

Download

• Lectures and labs
• Sample files
• Entire workshop (lectures, labs, and sample files)