External Example Collections

Vocabularies used in this description:

Vocabulary Title	Namespace Name	Prefix
Dublin Core Terms	http://purl.org/dc/terms/	dcterms
Dublin Core Type Vocabulary	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/	dcmitype
Collection Description Terms	http://purl.org/cld/terms/	cld
Collection Description Type Vocabulary	http://purl.org/cld/cdtype/	cldtype

Digital Collections

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~mdz/kurzsammlungen.html
dc:title	Kurzsammlungen der BSB
dcterms:abstract	Das Referat Digitale Bibliothek ist aus dem Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum hervorgegangen, das die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 1997 mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft als eines von zwei nationalen Digitalisierungszentren eingerichtet hatte. Dem Referat obliegen im Moment drei Aufgabenschwerpunkte: die (Retro-)Digitalisierung von gedruckten Beständen im Rahmen von drittmittelgeförderten Projekten und in Eigenleistung, im Gefolge von digitization on demand und der Digitalisierung aus Bestandserhaltungs- und/oder Sicherheitsgründen; die technische Unterstützung des Aufbaus und der Pflege von Virtuellen Fachbibliotheken, die die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek im Rahmen ihrer Sondersammelgebietsverpflichtungen aufbaut und unterhält sowie die technische Betreuung des Kulturportals "Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online (BLO)"; die Langzeitarchivierung elektronischer Dokumente. Das Referat fungiert darüber hinaus landesweit als Kompetenzzentrum für alle Fragestellungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Thema "digitale Bibliothek".
dc:language	de
dc:type	CollectionText
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal	The temporal coverage of the content of the items in the collection.
dcterms:created	The range of dates over which the collection was accumulated.
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://hip.nli.ie/
dc:title	National Library of Ireland
dcterms:abstract	The National Library recognises the importance of developing the digital collections, services and infrastructure necessary to support the creation and management of a significant digital library. We aim to maximise access to our resources, enhance and expand the services we offer, and enable our users to work with us, and our collections, in new and innovative ways. As part of our emerging digital library programme we are planning a number of major digitisation projects. Amongst these projects are the digitisation of substantial sections of our visual collections and the production of a digital version of the source material used to create two key reference works for Irish studies, Richard Hayes’ Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilization and Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation: Articles in Irish Periodicals. We will also continue to explore the potential for working with other institutions and projects, and to develop the digital library to support collaboration.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Borrower ID requested)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Purchase
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Dublin, Ireland
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, WorldCat

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/digital-collections
dc:title	National Library of New Zealand
dcterms:abstract	The National Library is the lead agency for New Zealand’s Digital Content Strategy, 'Creating a Digital New Zealand'. The strategy aims to chart a course for a content-rich digital New Zealand, where New Zealanders are actively engaged in creating, discovering, sharing and using content in a digital form. The strategy was launched by the government in September 2007, and following a public consultation process at the end of 2006. You can download a copy of the strategy on the Digital Strategy website. The passing of the National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) Act 2003 challenged the Library to think strategically about information delivered in a digital paradigm. The National Library’s Digital Strategy identifies the directions to be pursued by the Library between 2003-2008, and outlines an annual programme of work designed to drive the Library’s digital strategy and ensure that it is delivered. A successful Digital Strategy will have four main outcomes. The Library will be able to: provide enhanced access to digital information, especially New Zealand content, for New Zealanders, for example online databases and electronic journals collect digital resources, especially those relating to New Zealand and New Zealanders ensure the long-term storage and preservation of New Zealand’s online heritage provide enhanced access to the Library’s collections through digitisation. The NZNL provides a tool for metadata extraction: [1]
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit, Purchase
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	New Zealand
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	digital resources relating to New Zealand and New Zealanders
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Wellington, New Zealand
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, WorldCat

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://nsdl.org/
dc:title	National Science Digital Library (USA)
dcterms:abstract	The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. NSDL serves as a nexus for educators, researchers, policy makers and the public by building bridges: Between private sector and public interests by providing access to resources such as publishers' journal articles, teacher-created lesson plans and real-time data sets from scientists Between the scientific, research and educational communities by applying advanced technologies to stimulate new ways for educators and learners to access and use scientific information Between teachers and learners at all levels, in all locations by supplying content and tools in open-access, non-propietary formats in an easily accessible online environment. NSDL is intended to meet the educational and informational needs of a wide variety of users, from pre-school children to self-directed adults, in both formal and informal education settings. The resources that make up the NSDL vary greatly in size, depth, scope, type of materials, level of review and educational level.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Collection with links to database which contains full texts
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	educational and research service
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.bibalex.org/libraries/presentation/static/12600.aspx
dc:title	Bibliotheca Alexandrina
dcterms:abstract	As a library of the 21 st Century, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), along with its affiliated academic and cultural centers, is committed to digitization as a means of preserving, managing, and disseminating information and knowledge. The BA sets out to share them with a worldwide audience via the internet, thus promoting greater understanding and tolerance between cultures. To achieve this goal, the BA has formed partnerships with various cultural, academic, governmental, and corporate organizations for the creation of many significant and compelling digital projects. These projects cover a wide array of cultural and educational themes.
dc:language	en
dc:type
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (links to other digital collections)
dcterms:accrualMethod
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Passive
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	referes to other websites with digital collections
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Alexandria, Egypt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://search.library.cmu.edu/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME
dc:title	Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
dcterms:abstract	Carnegie Mellon University Libraries will provide creative, expert and technologically advanced information services designed to be responsive to the present and continually changing information needs of the university community. Mission To support and contribute to the teaching, research, artistic and other scholarly endeavors of the university. To acquire, organize, make accessible, maintain and preserve information resources for optimal use. To contribute to and disseminate knowledge about library services, resources and access to distributed information. Goals and Strategies: Create the Digital Library Add to the funding for commercial digital resources ($100,000). In conjunction with School of Computer Science, develop these projects: o Automated reference assistance (foundations, OCLC partnership). o Global registry of works that have been digitized to avoid duplication. o Selective digitization of out-of-copyright works that have been requested on interlibrary loan with successive OCR and correction. o Mechanisms for delivery of digitized texts to requesters. o More scanning of out-of-copyright books to build the Universal Library. o Lobbying for new economic models and statutory changes to promote digital libraries. In conjunction with appropriate departments, facilitate access to large research databases (status quo funding). Encourage and support cutting edge access for remote users, as recommended by the Computing and Communications group. Encourage faculty to work in their scholarly societies to decouple certification of the value of work from print publication (no local funding). Target the Right Information Bring undergraduate paper collections in Modern Languages, History and Anthropology, and Environmental Studies to basic levels ($101-106,000 a year; foundations, appeal to alumni, university funding). Create a program approval process that will ensure that library resource needs are considered in decision making and funded as new programs are adopted (no immediate funding). Retool Library Facilities for the 21st Century Seek external funding for new buildings, renovations, and additions (foundations, alumni, friends). Manage the Libraries Effectively Evaluate services and make improvements based on the needs of the university community. Enhance the information literacy program to teach all aspects of information use, focusing on effective research skills, and to prepare students to apply research skills in diverse contexts and professional careers. For librarians, archivists, and other professionals: Develop a program of peer review, promotion and compensation that fosters and rewards intellectual growth and excellence. For support staff and paraprofessionals: Develop a program of job enrichment, regular reclassification review, and appropriate compensation. Develop and implement a plan to market all library services. Develop and implement fundraising activities to augment collections, facilities and staffing. Maintain a robust technology infrastructure. Recruit and retain a diverse staff that reflects the university's affirmative action policy goals. Provide formal and informal training and support so that staff have the skills to work to their full potential. Maintain a continuous strategic-planning cycle complementary to the libraries' quality improvement program.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text, Images & Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Borrower ID requested)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit, Purchase, Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	University Community
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Pittsburgh, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/
dc:title	Columbia University Digital Collections
dcterms:abstract	Over the past ten years the Libraries has built a number of significant digital research collections. These extraordinary online presentations of primary source material reproductions and descriptions now include the Digital Scriptorium containing medieval and early Renaissance manuscripts, texts of the John Jay Papers, digitized photographs of Japanese puppet theater, hundreds of hours of oral histories and transcripts of interviews including Notable New Yorkers, collections of ancient papyri and clay tablets in APIS, a gallery of rare Chinese folk art prints in Chinese Paper Gods, and more. The Libraries continues to expand its program of digitization of rare and unique research collections for the benefit of faculty, students, and scholars at Columbia and around the world. For 2008 it is planned to open new group and individual study spaces in Lehman Library, to present a new Center for Digital Research and Scholarship....
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text and Images
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	New York, NY, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://digitalcollections.harvard.edu/
dc:title	Harvard University's Library Digital Initiative
dcterms:abstract	Harvard University's Library Digital Initiative (LDI) is a comprehensive program begun in 1998 to develop the University's capacity to manage digital information by: creating the technical infrastructure to support the acquisition, organization, delivery, and archiving of digital library materials; providing a team of specialists to advise librarians and others in the University community on key issues in the digital environment; providing librarians and staff with experience in a wide range of technologies and digital materials; and, enriching the Harvard University Library collections with a significant set of digital resources They provide a Digital Repository System with metadata information and a repository policy guide.
dc:language	de
dc:type	CollectionText
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (not all collections with open Access; only reachable via website)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	updated quarterly
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Boston, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.nypl.org/digital/
dc:title	The New York Public Library (NYPL) NYPL-Digital
dcterms:abstract	The New York Public Library (NYPL) NYPL-Digital is your gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique international holdings in digitized form, including: Historic maps Rare prints and photographs Illuminated manuscripts Unusual printed ephemera Sound files and moving images Original art and more Continues to fulfill the Library's traditional mission in the Internet Age to collect, preserve and make its holdings available Connects you to digital versions of increasingly valuable, fragile and hard-to-use originals by offering a ever-growing selection of digital collections Offers many holdings in their entirety, ensuring the virtual equivalent of consulting them in person Organizes holdings via topical or thematic groupings into virtual collections, helping bridge physical (departmental or organizational) separation Maintains current links to related NYPL websites such as online exhibitions, archival finding aids, and e-books Reflects ongoing development and evolution of best practices in the digital environment Results from setting benchmarks and coordinating practices institution-wide for capture, description, storage, retrieval and delivery of digital surrogates
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text, Images, Video, Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	New York, NY, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, WorldCat

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.mcgill.ca/library/
dc:title	McGill Digital Collections Program
dcterms:abstract	The Digital Collections Program (DCP) is home to McGill Library's digitization unit. Located in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division (McLennan Library Complex), DCP designs and produces digital projects based on the Library's many unique collections. To date DCP has produced more than forty digital projects covering a wide array of subjects including, art, architecture, history and literature, engineering, medicine, maps, music, and urban design. McGill's Digital Collections range from archival inventories (The Moshe Safdie Hypermedia Archive); bibliographic databases (Cookbook Collection, Canadian Olympic Collection) which provide access to items in the collection; image databases (Ramsay Traquair: The Architecture of Old Quebec, Napoleon Print Collection); full-text collections (In Pursuit of Adventure: The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company and the Canadian Architect and Builder); hybrid projects like In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Project.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text, Images & Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (open Access, restricted Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	-
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator	Blackader Lauterman
gen:isLocatedAt	Motreal, Quebec, Canada
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, WorldCat

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
dc:title	Glasgow Digital Library
dcterms:abstract	The Glasgow Digital Library (GDL) is a collaborative venture based in the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde. The initial GDL project was funded for two years by the Research Support Libraries Programme. The original aim of the project was to establish the GDL as a virtual co-library of the majority of public institutions in Glasgow. The long-term aim was to create a wholly digital resource to support teaching, learning and research at all levels in the city, bringing together material currently separated by ownership and physical location. As the GDL project developed in its second year, and further funding was received from SCRAN for specific digitisation projects, there was greater emphasis within the GDL on the development and management of original digital collections and establishing a coherent standards-based information environment. The GDL has therefore evolved into: a distributed digital library based in Glasgow which aims to produce a coherent digital learning and information environment for Glasgow's citizens, through the development and implementation of a common collection development policy and an agreed technical and inter-working infrastructure. As outlined in its collection development policy, the GDL seeks to create, collect and provide access to digital content that is about Glasgow, in Glasgow or for Glasgow but does not to duplicate work done elsewhere.
dc:language	en
dc:type	CollectionText
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	digital content that is about Glasgow, in Glasgow or for Glasgow
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Glasgow, UK
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.zvdd.de/sammlungen.html
dc:title	Zentrales Archiv Digitalisierter Drucke
dcterms:abstract	Das Zentrale Verzeichnis Digitalisierter Drucke weist grundsätzlich alle vollständig digitalisierten Druckwerke aus, die frei über das Internet zur Verfügung gestellt werden und einem gewissen wissenschaftlichen Qualitätsstandard genügen. Verschiedene Arten von Druckwerken sind dabei eingeschlossen: Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, Musikdrucke oder "Kleinschrifttum" wie Einblattdrucke oder Flugblätter ebenso wie Monographien oder Reihen. Das Portal konzentriert sich in einer ersten Phase auf Digitalisierungsprojekte im Sinne digitaler Sammlungen oder digitaler Bibliotheken. Die Einspielung von Einzelwerken wird zunächst zurückgestellt und zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt realisiert.
dc:language	de
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	links to other database with and without fulltext
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Passive
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://doclib.uhasselt.be/dspace/
dc:title	Document Server@UHasselt
dcterms:abstract	Research & Publications in digital form, including preprints, published articles, technical reports, working papers and more. A service provided by the Hasselt University Library
dc:language	de, en, fr, nl
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Metadata with fulltext, without fulltext, with link to publication
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	continuosly updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, DRIVER

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://vbn.aau.dk/search/publications.do?AnonymousLoginFilter_language=sec
dc:title	VBN, Aalborg University
dcterms:abstract	All research published at Aalborg University is continuously registered in VBN under the following categories: Book or report, Journal article, Contribution to book or collection, Conference contribution and Working papers.
dc:language	en, da
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Matadata somtimes with link to fulltext
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	All research published at Aalborg University
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Aalborg, Denmark
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://hj.diva-portal.org/smash/search.jsf
dc:title	DiVA - Publications from Jönköping University
dcterms:abstract	DiVA contains student theses, dissertations and other publications in full-text from Jönköping University. In DiVA there are also research publications made by researchers at the university, for example articles from scholarly journals, conference papers and books.
dc:language	en, no, sv
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit (in parts only Metadata)
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	publications from Jönköping University and made by researchers at the university
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Jönköping, Sweden
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://eprints.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
dc:title	Oxford Eprints, Oxford University
dcterms:abstract	Oxford E-prints is a digital archive for research articles written by Oxford University authors. It is a cross-diciplinary archive, accessible to all.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	research articles written by Oxford University authors
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Oxford, UK
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, DRIVER

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://eprints.pascal-network.org/
dc:title	PASCAL, Network of Excellence for Multimodal Interfaces
dcterms:abstract	PASCAL is the European Commission's IST-funded Network of Excellence for Multimodal Interfaces. The project is supported by the Cognition Unit and coordinated by the University of Southampton.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access, several publications with restricted access)
dcterms:accrualMethod
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://orbit.dtu.dk/app
dc:title	ORBIT, The Danish Technical University
dcterms:abstract	ORBIT - Online Research dataBase In Technology - is the only official research database of the Technical University of Denmark, DTU. ORBIT provides all information on scientific, popular and educational publications used in research activities at DTU. ORBIT is the central tool for departments, sections and the individual researchers to present their publications and externally funded research projects. The registration interface is accessible to DTU staff members via the link and Campus sign on. The ORBIT search interface gives worldwide public access to information about research and development activities at the University and provides an overview of publications to which DTU researchers have contributed as authors or co-authors. ORBIT also provides the possibility of cross search on publications, projects, department profiles and personal staff profiles. The database includes the full text when available, or a form is displayed, where you can order a copy of the article in paper form via DTV.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Restricted Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance	research database of the Technical University of Denmark
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.manuscriptorium.com/Site/ENG/default_eng.asp
dc:title	Manuscriptorium - Digital Library of National Library of the Czech Republic
dcterms:abstract	Manuscriptorium is a system for collecting and making accessible on the internet information on historical book resources, linked to a virtual library of digitised documents. The Manuscriptorium service is financed by the National Library of the Czech Republic and managed by AiP Beroun s.r.o. Manuscriptorium makes metadata available to the general public without restriction. As a matter of principle, Manuscriptorium makes all data (images, sound, full text) freely accessible to its partners, and to others via a licence. Documents from the Digital Library can be used as an alternative to the study of microfilms in library reading rooms. The Digital Library contains documents from dozens of different sources and the advantages of the online environment are self-evident: digital documents are immediately accessible at any time from any source in the co-ordinated environment.
dc:language	en, cs
dc:type	Collection Text, Images, Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Restricted Access, license acquirable by purchase)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Donation, Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal	written cultural heritage prior to 1800 and documents of an archival nature
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Prague, Czech Republic
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, TEL

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/mnemosyne/DigitalCollections.htm
dc:title	The Warburg Institute Library Digital Collection
dcterms:abstract	The aim of these digital collections is to make out-of-print source material on Medieval and Renaissance studies freely available online. Books are scanned, printed out on archival paper, bound and placed on the shelves. The originals are kept in the Reserve Books Room.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	London, UK
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/index.shtml
dc:title	University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
dcterms:abstract	Since its foundation in early 2000, the UWDCC has worked collaboratively with UW System faculty, staff, and librarians to create and provide access to digital resources that support the teaching and research needs of the UW community, uniquely document the university and State of Wisconsin, and provide access to rare or fragile items of broad research value. The UWDCC has also partnered with cultural heritage institutions and public libraries throughout Wisconsin to create digital resources. Resources within the collections are free and publicly accessible online. They are loosely organized into collections that span a range of subjects including art, ecology, literature, history, music, natural resources, science, social sciences, the State of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin. Digital resources include text-based materials such as books, journal series, and manuscript collections; photographic images; slides; maps; prints; posters; audio; and video.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text, Images, Video and Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation, Donation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
dc:title	JSC Digital Image Collection
dcterms:abstract	This collection of more than 9000 NASA press release photos spans the American manned space program, from the Mercury program to the STS-79 Shuttle mission.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Pictures
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Closed
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	crewed spaceflight
dcterms:temporal	1958-1996
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.usip.org/resources-tools/digital-collections
dc:title	The Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management
dcterms:abstract	From the United States Institute of Peace (USIP): The Foreign Affairs Documentation Center (FADC was planned as an inter-agency digital library for public access primarily to unclassified official foreign policy documents of the United States, and is now defunct. The FADC sought to identify valuable digital collections at federal agencies, define persistent names for the documents and an indexing scheme for the collections, implement a registration process for documents submitted by the participating agencies, and design the worldwide delivery of the texts. The system architecture design by William Y. Arms, formerly of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), allowed end-users at any of 200 posts around the world, or connected via a browser to the World Wide Web, to search and retrieve documents with the aid of downloadable plug-ins from the FADC's web site. The design pioneered by Arms is being implemented by the American Memory Project of the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. We are currently collecting the full text of peace agreements signed by the contending parties, ending inter- and intrastate conflicts worldwide since 1989 for its Peace Agreements Digital Collection. Similarly, for the Truth Commissions Digital Collection, we are acquiring decrees establishing truth commissions and similar bodies of inquiry worldwide, and the reports issued by such groups. The Oral Histories Project on Stability Operations currently includes interviews conducted by the USIP's Professional Training program with individuals involved in stability operations in Iraq, a component of the Iraq Experience Project. USIP's development of a digital library reflects its commitment to innovative technologies, collaboration and resource-sharing to strengthen preventive diplomacy, the management of international relations and the resolution of conflicts worldwide. Furthermore, the digital library plans complement and augment other information and communications technology projects that seek to capture, describe, organize, search, retrieve and disseminate the growing intellectual production and information about practical experiences in international conflict management supported by USIP.
dc:language	en
dc:type	CollectionText
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access & links to other collections)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Image Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	Worldwide access to resources dealing with the prevention, management and resolution of international conflict.
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator	United States Institute of Peace
gen:isLocatedAt	Washington D.C., USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://iowaheritage.lib.uiowa.edu/
dc:title	The Iowa Heritage Digital Collection (IHDC)
dcterms:abstract	Welcome to the Iowa Heritage Digital Collections, an online repository of Iowa history and culture created by bringing together in digital form documents, images, maps, finding aids, interpretive and educational materials, and other media from collections held by a wide range of organizations throughout Iowa.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Photograph, Map, Picture, Text, Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access & links to other collections)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Image Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	Online collection of Iowa history and culture
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Iowa City, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/imagedatabases.html
dc:title	Washington State University Digital Collections
dcterms:abstract	To help support research and teaching at Washington State University, MASC advocates the use of digital technology in conjunction with emerging electronic storage and information retrieval systems. MASC will allow the use of its university archives, manuscripts, historical photographs, and special collections for digitizing projects to support the curriculum or for other legitimate research purposes provided these projects are compatible with the policies and procedures of the Libraries and MASC.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Image, Map, Text, Audio, Video
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access and Restricted Resources)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Donation, Purchase, Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Pullman, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.chipublib.org/images/index.php
dc:title	Chicago Public Library Digital Collections
dcterms:abstract	No policy statement given
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Image
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Chicago, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet, WorldCat

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/
dc:title	University of Miami Libraries Digital Initiatives
dcterms:abstract	This site features a growing collection of digital objects, projects, and publications developed to preserve and support digital scholarship and the research, teaching, and learning mission of the University. These initiatives feature materials from the collections at University of Miami Libraries, and from collaborative projects and publications developed with the Faculty and Students. You can use the keyword search, browse from the categories listed below, or use the advanced search to create customized queries and search within one or a combination of collections.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Photograph, Text, Video
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Donation, Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Coral Gables, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/drl/
dc:title	Digital Research Library University of Pittsburgh
dcterms:abstract	The Digital Research Library (DRL) of the University of Pittsburgh's University Library System (ULS) supports the teaching and research mission of the university and serves users through the creation and delivery of Web-accessible digital collections. The DRL also serves as a knowledge resource within the ULS for digital library issues and developments. From its inception, the DRL focused on creating text-based collections whose digitization and accessibility on the Web would aid the research of scholars, historians, faculty, and students. The DRL has since expanded its tools and capabilities to provide access to photographs, map images, finding aids, manuscripts, postcards, audio-visual material, and bibliographic catalogs of collections. The Digital Research Library provides access to its digital materials for educational and research purposes only. Any other use of these materials, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly reproductions, redistribution, publication, or transmission, is strictly prohibited without written permission.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Image, Text, Audio
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Pittsburgh, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/4782
dc:title	Smithsonian Institution Digital Repository
dcterms:abstract	The Repository is now collecting content from the Smithsonian scientific community.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation, Deposit
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Washington D.C., USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://quod.lib.umich.edu/g/genpub/
dc:title	Digital General Collection of the University of Michigan
dcterms:abstract	Books from the University of Michigan collection, scanned for preservation purposes. At present, there are 28,378 volumes in the General Collection.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collectoin Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal	1705 - 2005
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Michigan, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/digital/index.html
dc:title	Department of Special Collections, Univ. of California
dcterms:abstract	The Department of Special Collections collects, maintains and makes accessible rare, valuable and unique materials which support UCSB students, faculty and research programs, as well as the local national and international scholarly community. Special Collections acquires materials by gift, transfer and purchase, in accordance with general library procedures.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Text, Audio, Pictures
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access; only metadata in Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	weekly
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Active
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Santa Barbara, California, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://eprints.rclis.org/
dc:title	E-LIS
dcterms:abstract	E-LIS is an open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related areas. E-LIS relies on the voluntary work of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and is non-commercial. It is not a funded project of an organization. It is community-owned and community-driven. We serve LIS researchers by facilitating their self-archiving, ensuring the long-term preservation of their documents and by providing word-wide easy access to their papers. E-LIS was formed in 2003 for the deposit of documents in the Library and Information Science (LIS) domain. It is the first international e-server in this subject area and resulted from the RCLIS (Research in Computing, Library and Information Science) project and the DoIS (Documents in Information Science), promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and hosted by AEPIC team on machines of the Italian Consorzio Interuniversitario Lombardo per Elaborazione Automatica (CILEA). E-LIS relies on the voluntary work of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and is non-commercial. There is neither funding nor interest in profiting from the initiative. E-LIS aims to further the Open Access philosophy by making available papers in LIS and related fields. It is a free-access international archive, in line with the Free Online Scholarship (FOS) movement and the Eprints movement, based on the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) standards and protocols.
dc:language	en, el, it, fa, es, tr
dc:type	Collection Text
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Deposit
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity	Continuously updated
dcterms:accrualPolicy	Passive
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	international Open Access Deposit
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
dc:title	The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Reading Room
dcterms:abstract	The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and other units of the Library. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship. The catalog provides access through group or item records to about 75 % of the Division's holdings. Many of the records are accompanied by one or more digital images. In some collections, only thumbnail images display to those searching outside the Library of Congress because of potential rights considerations. The primary historical documents described and displayed in this catalog may contain materials offensive to some readers. The Library does not endorse views expressed in the collections but presents the collections as an aid to scholarly research.
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Pictures
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod	Item Creation
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	prints and photographs division
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Washington D.C., USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://www.ansp.org/museum/digital_collections/index.php
dc:title	Digital Collections from The Ewell Sale Stewart Library
dcterms:abstract	The Ewell Sale Stewart Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences houses many rare, beautiful, and important works on the natural sciences, books that most people will never see in their lifetimes. These books were published over the last five centuries, and document the discovery of plant and animal species by early explorers as they traveled the world. By publishing the pages from these books digitally and providing access on the web, the Library hopes to share them with scientists, scholars, and the public.
dc:language	en
dc:type
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject	abstracts of some selected books on the natural sciences published over the last five centuries
dcterms:temporal	since 1500
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Property	Value
dc:identifier	http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=groups
dc:title	Univ. of Tennessee Digital Libraries
dcterms:abstract	Collection contains f.e. Blount County Appalachian Photograph Archive; Great Smoky Mountains Collection; From Pi Beta Phi To Arrowmont; University of Tennessee Libraries Image Collection; Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee; WPA/TVA Archaeological Photograph Archive
dc:language	en
dc:type	Collection Pictures
dcterms:accessRights	General Public (Open Access)
dcterms:accrualMethod
dcterms:accrualPeriodicity
dcterms:accrualPolicy
dcterms:provenance
dcterms:audience	General Public
dc:subject
dcterms:temporal
dcterms:created
dc:creator
gen:isLocatedAt	Tennessee, USA
gen:isAccessedVia	Internet

Existing Digital Collections

Name + Link	Short Description	Underlying Software
Kurzsammlungen der BSB	Das Referat Digitale Bibliothek ist aus dem Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum hervorgegangen, das die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 1997 mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft als eines von zwei nationalen Digitalisierungszentren eingerichtet hatte. Dem Referat obliegen im Moment drei Aufgabenschwerpunkte: die (Retro-)Digitalisierung von gedruckten Beständen im Rahmen von drittmittelgeförderten Projekten und in Eigenleistung, im Gefolge von digitization on demand und der Digitalisierung aus Bestandserhaltungs- und/oder Sicherheitsgründen; die technische Unterstützung des Aufbaus und der Pflege von Virtuellen Fachbibliotheken, die die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek im Rahmen ihrer Sondersammelgebietsverpflichtungen aufbaut und unterhält sowie die technische Betreuung des Kulturportals "Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online (BLO)"; die Langzeitarchivierung elektronischer Dokumente. Das Referat fungiert darüber hinaus landesweit als Kompetenzzentrum für alle Fragestellungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Thema "digitale Bibliothek".	Diverse
Digitale Sammlungen der BSB	as above	Diverse
National Library of Ireland	The National Library recognises the importance of developing the digital collections, services and infrastructure necessary to support the creation and management of a significant digital library. We aim to maximise access to our resources, enhance and expand the services we offer, and enable our users to work with us, and our collections, in new and innovative ways. As part of our emerging digital library programme we are planning a number of major digitisation projects. Amongst these projects are the digitisation of substantial sections of our visual collections and the production of a digital version of the source material used to create two key reference works for Irish studies, Richard Hayes’ Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilization and Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation: Articles in Irish Periodicals. We will also continue to explore the potential for working with other institutions and projects, and to develop the digital library to support collaboration.
National Library of New Zealand	The National Library is the lead agency for New Zealand’s Digital Content Strategy, 'Creating a Digital New Zealand'. The strategy aims to chart a course for a content-rich digital New Zealand, where New Zealanders are actively engaged in creating, discovering, sharing and using content in a digital form. The strategy was launched by the government in September 2007, and following a public consultation process at the end of 2006. You can download a copy of the strategy on the Digital Strategy website. The passing of the National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) Act 2003 challenged the Library to think strategically about information delivered in a digital paradigm. The National Library’s Digital Strategy identifies the directions to be pursued by the Library between 2003-2008, and outlines an annual programme of work designed to drive the Library’s digital strategy and ensure that it is delivered. A successful Digital Strategy will have four main outcomes. The Library will be able to: provide enhanced access to digital information, especially New Zealand content, for New Zealanders, for example online databases and electronic journals collect digital resources, especially those relating to New Zealand and New Zealanders ensure the long-term storage and preservation of New Zealand’s online heritage provide enhanced access to the Library’s collections through digitisation. The NZNL provides a tool for metadata extraction: [2]
National Science Digital Library (USA)	The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. NSDL serves as a nexus for educators, researchers, policy makers and the public by building bridges: Between private sector and public interests by providing access to resources such as publishers' journal articles, teacher-created lesson plans and real-time data sets from scientists Between the scientific, research and educational communities by applying advanced technologies to stimulate new ways for educators and learners to access and use scientific information Between teachers and learners at all levels, in all locations by supplying content and tools in open-access, non-propietary formats in an easily accessible online environment. NSDL is intended to meet the educational and informational needs of a wide variety of users, from pre-school children to self-directed adults, in both formal and informal education settings. The resources that make up the NSDL vary greatly in size, depth, scope, type of materials, level of review and educational level.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina	As a library of the 21 st Century, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), along with its affiliated academic and cultural centers, is committed to digitization as a means of preserving, managing, and disseminating information and knowledge. The BA sets out to share them with a worldwide audience via the internet, thus promoting greater understanding and tolerance between cultures. To achieve this goal, the BA has formed partnerships with various cultural, academic, governmental, and corporate organizations for the creation of many significant and compelling digital projects. These projects cover a wide array of cultural and educational themes.
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries	Carnegie Mellon University Libraries will provide creative, expert and technologically advanced information services designed to be responsive to the present and continually changing information needs of the university community. Mission To support and contribute to the teaching, research, artistic and other scholarly endeavors of the university. To acquire, organize, make accessible, maintain and preserve information resources for optimal use. To contribute to and disseminate knowledge about library services, resources and access to distributed information. Goals and Strategies: Create the Digital Library Add to the funding for commercial digital resources ($100,000). In conjunction with School of Computer Science, develop these projects: Automated reference assistance (foundations, OCLC partnership). Global registry of works that have been digitized to avoid duplication. Selective digitization of out-of-copyright works that have been requested on interlibrary loan with successive OCR and correction. Mechanisms for delivery of digitized texts to requesters. More scanning of out-of-copyright books to build the Universal Library. Lobbying for new economic models and statutory changes to promote digital libraries. In conjunction with appropriate departments, facilitate access to large research databases (status quo funding). Encourage and support cutting edge access for remote users, as recommended by the Computing and Communications group. Encourage faculty to work in their scholarly societies to decouple certification of the value of work from print publication (no local funding). Target the Right Information Bring undergraduate paper collections in Modern Languages, History and Anthropology, and Environmental Studies to basic levels ($101-106,000 a year; foundations, appeal to alumni, university funding). Create a program approval process that will ensure that library resource needs are considered in decision making and funded as new programs are adopted (no immediate funding). Retool Library Facilities for the 21st Century Seek external funding for new buildings, renovations, and additions (foundations, alumni, friends). Manage the Libraries Effectively Evaluate services and make improvements based on the needs of the university community. Enhance the information literacy program to teach all aspects of information use, focusing on effective research skills, and to prepare students to apply research skills in diverse contexts and professional careers. For librarians, archivists, and other professionals: Develop a program of peer review, promotion and compensation that fosters and rewards intellectual growth and excellence. For support staff and paraprofessionals: Develop a program of job enrichment, regular reclassification review, and appropriate compensation. Develop and implement a plan to market all library services. Develop and implement fundraising activities to augment collections, facilities and staffing. Maintain a robust technology infrastructure. Recruit and retain a diverse staff that reflects the university's affirmative action policy goals. Provide formal and informal training and support so that staff have the skills to work to their full potential. Maintain a continuous strategic-planning cycle complementary to the libraries' quality improvement program.
Columbia University Digital Collections	Over the past ten years the Libraries has built a number of significant digital research collections. These extraordinary online presentations of primary source material reproductions and descriptions now include the Digital Scriptorium containing medieval and early Renaissance manuscripts, texts of the John Jay Papers, digitized photographs of Japanese puppet theater, hundreds of hours of oral histories and transcripts of interviews including Notable New Yorkers, collections of ancient papyri and clay tablets in APIS, a gallery of rare Chinese folk art prints in Chinese Paper Gods, and more. The Libraries continues to expand its program of digitization of rare and unique research collections for the benefit of faculty, students, and scholars at Columbia and around the world. For 2008 it is planned to open new group and individual study spaces in Lehman Library, to present a new Center for Digital Research and Scholarship....
Harvard University's Library Digital Initiative	Harvard University's Library Digital Initiative (LDI) is a comprehensive program begun in 1998 to develop the University's capacity to manage digital information by: creating the technical infrastructure to support the acquisition, organization, delivery, and archiving of digital library materials; providing a team of specialists to advise librarians and others in the University community on key issues in the digital environment; providing librarians and staff with experience in a wide range of technologies and digital materials; and, enriching the Harvard University Library collections with a significant set of digital resources They provide a Digital Repository System with metadata information and a repository policy guide.
NYPL	The New York Public Library (NYPL) NYPL-Digital is your gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique international holdings in digitized form, including: Historic maps Rare prints and photographs Illuminated manuscripts Unusual printed ephemera Sound files and moving images Original art and more Continues to fulfill the Library's traditional mission in the Internet Age to collect, preserve and make its holdings available Connects you to digital versions of increasingly valuable, fragile and hard-to-use originals by offering a ever-growing selection of digital collections Offers many holdings in their entirety, ensuring the virtual equivalent of consulting them in person Organizes holdings via topical or thematic groupings into virtual collections, helping bridge physical (departmental or organizational) separation Maintains current links to related NYPL websites such as online exhibitions, archival finding aids, and e-books Reflects ongoing development and evolution of best practices in the digital environment Results from setting benchmarks and coordinating practices institution-wide for capture, description, storage, retrieval and delivery of digital surrogates	Own development + Oracle + Lucene + ColdFusion
McGill Digital Collections Program	The Digital Collections Program (DCP) is home to McGill Library's digitization unit. Located in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division (McLennan Library Complex), DCP designs and produces digital projects based on the Library's many unique collections. To date DCP has produced more than forty digital projects covering a wide array of subjects including, art, architecture, history and literature, engineering, medicine, maps, music, and urban design. McGill's Digital Collections range from archival inventories (The Moshe Safdie Hypermedia Archive); bibliographic databases (Cookbook Collection, Canadian Olympic Collection) which provide access to items in the collection; image databases (Ramsay Traquair: The Architecture of Old Quebec, Napoleon Print Collection); full-text collections (In Pursuit of Adventure: The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company and the Canadian Architect and Builder); hybrid projects like In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Project.
Glasgow Digital Library	The Glasgow Digital Library (GDL) is a collaborative venture based in the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde. The initial GDL project was funded for two years by the Research Support Libraries Programme. The original aim of the project was to establish the GDL as a virtual co-library of the majority of public institutions in Glasgow. The long-term aim was to create a wholly digital resource to support teaching, learning and research at all levels in the city, bringing together material currently separated by ownership and physical location. As the GDL project developed in its second year, and further funding was received from SCRAN for specific digitisation projects, there was greater emphasis within the GDL on the development and management of original digital collections and establishing a coherent standards-based information environment. The GDL has therefore evolved into: a distributed digital library based in Glasgow which aims to produce a coherent digital learning and information environment for Glasgow's citizens, through the development and implementation of a common collection development policy and an agreed technical and inter-working infrastructure. As outlined in its collection development policy, the GDL seeks to create, collect and provide access to digital content that is about Glasgow, in Glasgow or for Glasgow but does not to duplicate work done elsewhere.
Zentrales Archiv Digitalisierter Drucke	Das Zentrale Verzeichnis Digitalisierter Drucke weist grundsätzlich alle vollständig digitalisierten Druckwerke aus, die frei über das Internet zur Verfügung gestellt werden und einem gewissen wissenschaftlichen Qualitätsstandard genügen. Verschiedene Arten von Druckwerken sind dabei eingeschlossen: Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, Musikdrucke oder "Kleinschrifttum" wie Einblattdrucke oder Flugblätter ebenso wie Monographien oder Reihen. Das Portal konzentriert sich in einer ersten Phase auf Digitalisierungsprojekte im Sinne digitaler Sammlungen oder digitaler Bibliotheken. Die Einspielung von Einzelwerken wird zunächst zurückgestellt und zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt realisiert.	Diverse
JUWEL	JUWEL (JUelicher Wissenschaftliche Elektronische Literatur) ist das offizielle, institutionelle Dokumenten-Repositorium des Forschungszentrums Jülich. In JUWEL werden Publikationen Jülicher Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen gespeichert, erschlossen und der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht.	DSPACE
Document Server@UHasselt	Research & Publications in digital form, including preprints, published articles, technical reports, working papers and more. A service provided by the Hasselt University Library	DSPACE
VBN, Aalborg University	All research published at Aalborg University is continuously registered in VBN under the following categories: Book or report, Journal article, Contribution to book or collection, Conference contribution and Working papers.	PURE
DiVA - Publications from Jönköping University	DiVA contains theses, dissertations and other publications in full-text from Jönköping University.	DiVA (own development)
Oxford Eprints, Oxford University	Oxford E-prints is a digital archive for research articles written by Oxford University authors. It is a cross-diciplinary archive, accessible to all.	GNU EPrints
PASCAL, Network of Excellence for Multimodal Interfaces	PASCAL is the European Commission's IST-funded Network of Excellence for Multimodal Interfaces. The project is supported by the Cognition Unit and coordinated by the University of Southampton.	GNU EPrints
ORBIT, The Danish Technical University	ORBIT - Online Research dataBase In Technology - is the only official research database of the Technical University of Denmark, DTU. ORBIT provides all information on scientific, popular and educational publications used in research activities at DTU. ORBIT is the central tool for departments, sections and the individual researchers to present their publications and externally funded research projects. The registration interface is accessible to DTU staff members via the link and Campus sign on. The ORBIT search interface gives worldwide public access to information about research and development activities at the University and provides an overview of publications to which DTU researchers have contributed as authors or co-authors. ORBIT also provides the possibility of cross search on publications, projects, department profiles and personal staff profiles. The database includes the full text when available, or a form is displayed, where you can order a copy of the article in paper form via DTV.	ORBIT (own development)
National Library of the Czech Republic	Main aim of DUR is to preserve all documents coming from activities of the university + provide wide access to them.	DigiTool (ExLibris)
THE WARBURG INSTITUTE LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTION	The aim of these digital collections is to make out-of-print source material on Medieval and Renaissance studies freely available online. Books are scanned, printed out on archival paper, bound and placed on the shelves. The originals are kept in the Reserve Books Room.
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections	Since its foundation in early 2000, the UWDCC has worked collaboratively with UW System faculty, staff, and librarians to create and provide access to digital resources that support the teaching and research needs of the UW community, uniquely document the university and State of Wisconsin, and provide access to rare or fragile items of broad research value. The UWDCC has also partnered with cultural heritage institutions and public libraries throughout Wisconsin to create digital resources. Resources within the collections are free and publicly accessible online. They are loosely organized into collections that span a range of subjects including art, ecology, literature, history, music, natural resources, science, social sciences, the State of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin. Digital resources include text-based materials such as books, journal series, and manuscript collections; photographic images; slides; maps; prints; posters; audio; and video.	MINDS@UW (own development)
JSC Digital Image Collection	This collection of more than 9000 NASA press release photos spans the American manned space program, from the Mercury program to the STS-79 Shuttle mission.
The Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management	From the United States Institute of Peace (USIP): The Foreign Affairs Documentation Center (FADC was planned as an inter-agency digital library for public access primarily to unclassified official foreign policy documents of the United States, and is now defunct. The FADC sought to identify valuable digital collections at federal agencies, define persistent names for the documents and an indexing scheme for the collections, implement a registration process for documents submitted by the participating agencies, and design the worldwide delivery of the texts. The system architecture design by William Y. Arms, formerly of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), allowed end-users at any of 200 posts around the world, or connected via a browser to the World Wide Web, to search and retrieve documents with the aid of downloadable plug-ins from the FADC's web site. The design pioneered by Arms is being implemented by the American Memory Project of the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. We are currently collecting the full text of peace agreements signed by the contending parties, ending inter- and intrastate conflicts worldwide since 1989 for its Peace Agreements Digital Collection. Similarly, for the Truth Commissions Digital Collection, we are acquiring decrees establishing truth commissions and similar bodies of inquiry worldwide, and the reports issued by such groups. The Oral Histories Project on Stability Operations currently includes interviews conducted by the USIP's Professional Training program with individuals involved in stability operations in Iraq, a component of the Iraq Experience Project. USIP's development of a digital library reflects its commitment to innovative technologies, collaboration and resource-sharing to strengthen preventive diplomacy, the management of international relations and the resolution of conflicts worldwide. Furthermore, the digital library plans complement and augment other information and communications technology projects that seek to capture, describe, organize, search, retrieve and disseminate the growing intellectual production and information about practical experiences in international conflict management supported by USIP.
Iowa Heritance Digital Collection (IHDC)	Welcome to the Iowa Heritage Digital Collections, an online repository of Iowa history and culture created by bringing together in digital form documents, images, maps, finding aids, interpretive and educational materials, and other media from collections held by a wide range of organizations throughout Iowa.
Washington State University Digital Collections	To help support research and teaching at Washington State University, MASC advocates the use of digital technology in conjunction with emerging electronic storage and information retrieval systems. MASC will allow the use of its university archives, manuscripts, historical photographs, and special collections for digitizing projects to support the curriculum or for other legitimate research purposes provided these projects are compatible with the policies and procedures of the Libraries and MASC.
Chicago Public Library Digital Collections	No policy statement given
University of Miami Libraries Digital Initiatives	This site features a growing collection of digital objects, projects, and publications developed to preserve and support digital scholarship and the research, teaching, and learning mission of the University. These initiatives feature materials from the collections at University of Miami Libraries, and from collaborative projects and publications developed with the Faculty and Students. You can use the keyword search, browse from the categories listed below, or use the advanced search to create customized queries and search within one or a combination of collections.	partly embARK
Digital Research Library University of Pittsburgh	The Digital Research Library (DRL) of the University of Pittsburgh's University Library System (ULS) supports the teaching and research mission of the university and serves users through the creation and delivery of Web-accessible digital collections. The DRL also serves as a knowledge resource within the ULS for digital library issues and developments. From its inception, the DRL focused on creating text-based collections whose digitization and accessibility on the Web would aid the research of scholars, historians, faculty, and students. The DRL has since expanded its tools and capabilities to provide access to photographs, map images, finding aids, manuscripts, postcards, audio-visual material, and bibliographic catalogs of collections. The Digital Research Library provides access to its digital materials for educational and research purposes only. Any other use of these materials, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly reproductions, redistribution, publication, or transmission, is strictly prohibited without written permission.	DLXS
Smithsonian Institution Digital Repository	The Repository is now collecting content from the Smithsonian scientific community.	DSPACE
Digital General Collection of the University of Michigan	Books from the University of Michigan collection, scanned for preservation purposes. At present, there are 28,378 volumes in the General Collection.	DLXS
Department of Special Collections, Univ. of California	The Department of Special Collections collects, maintains and makes accessible rare, valuable and unique materials which support UCSB students, faculty and research programs, as well as the local national and international scholarly community. Special Collections acquires materials by gift, transfer and purchase, in accordance with general library procedures.	Diverse
E-LIS	E-LIS is an open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related areas. E-LIS relies on the voluntary work of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and is non-commercial. It is not a funded project of an organization. It is community-owned and community-driven. We serve LIS researchers by facilitating their self-archiving, ensuring the long-term preservation of their documents and by providing word-wide easy access to their papers. E-LIS was formed in 2003 for the deposit of documents in the Library and Information Science (LIS) domain. It is the first international e-server in this subject area and resulted from the RCLIS (Research in Computing, Library and Information Science) project and the DoIS (Documents in Information Science), promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and hosted by AEPIC team on machines of the Italian Consorzio Interuniversitario Lombardo per Elaborazione Automatica (CILEA). E-LIS relies on the voluntary work of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and is non-commercial. There is neither funding nor interest in profiting from the initiative. E-LIS aims to further the Open Access philosophy by making available papers in LIS and related fields. It is a free-access international archive, in line with the Free Online Scholarship (FOS) movement and the Eprints movement, based on the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) standards and protocols.	GNU EPrints
The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Reading Room	The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) provides access through group or item records to more than 50% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about one million digital images in all.
Digital Collections from The Ewell Sale Stewart Library	The Ewell Sale Stewart Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences houses many rare, beautiful, and important works on the natural sciences, books that most people will never see in their lifetimes. These books were published over the last five centuries, and document the discovery of plant and animal species by early explorers as they traveled the world. By publishing the pages from these books digitally and providing access on the web, the Library hopes to share them with scientists, scholars, and the public.
Univ. of Tennessee Digital Libraries	Collection contains f.e. Blount County Appalachian Photograph Archive; Great Smoky Mountains Collection; From Pi Beta Phi To Arrowmont; University of Tennessee Libraries Image Collection; Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee; WPA/TVA Archaeological Photograph Archive

External lists of digital repositories

• at the DPE
• at the Digital Library Foundation
• Zentrales Archiv Digitalisierter Drucke
• EROMM

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online

Identifier

National Science Digital Library

(New) Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Online Computer Library Center

Optical Character Recognition

Harvard University's Library Digital Initiative

New York Public Library

McGill Digital Collections Program

Glasgow Digital Library

United Kingdom

Corporation for National Research Initiatives

Open Archives Initiative

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog