Wiki for DLRL Virginia Tech: DigLib

Digital Libraries

CS 6604 Fall 2008 (see the definitive information in Scholar)

Key Web Pages:

Class overview - DigLibOverview
Topical outline, from digital library curriculum project, with 12 completed and 2 in process modules - DlCurricFramework
Outline for Readings - DlTextFoxGoncalves
Online Tutorial from JCDL 2008: http://fox.cs.vt.edu/talks/2008/20080616FoxTutorialJCDL.ppt

Online Courseware / Communications:

Much of the course information and many services are in Scholar (http://scholar.vt.edu) under our course: TS:Digital Libraries
Listserv - CS6604_91805@listserv.vt.edu
Concept maps - ConceptMapBackground, and CmapToolsDl08 for creating/storing CMs
Old Self-study Courseware on DL http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~dlib/front.htm

Section:

CRN 91805 in Mc B 219 meets M+W 4-5:15pm; final is Dec 16, 3:25-5:25pm

Instructor: Edward A. Fox (http://fox.cs.vt.edu)

Office: 2160G Torgersen Hall
Phone: (540) 231-5113
Email: fox@vt.edu
Office Hours: Mon 11-12:30pm, Wed 1:30-3:30pm, or by appointment
Secretary: Susie Marion, x1187, Torgersen 2160H, smarion@vt.edu (for appointments, to leave things)

Reference Books (all optional):

Draft textbook for course, in progress: DlTextFoxGoncalves
Large bibliography on DL etc. is available as entries in a wiki using Bibtex conventions: http://si.dlib.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BibFileFox2005
Doctoral dissertation of Marcos Goncalves: http://si.dlib.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BibEntryFox2005Gon04phdthesis
Michael Lesk
- Understanding Digital Libraries, ISBN 1-55860-924-5 (amazon.com, search), 424 pages, Morgan Kaufmann / Elsevier, 2004
  - Publisher info: 'http://www.mkp.com' and then search for Author = Michael Lesk
  - Barnes & Noble page: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Id1tcRZBG6&isbn=1558609245&itm=4
  - Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558609245/qid=1124591399/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5762437-1957631?v=glance&s=books
- Practical Digital Libraries: Books, Bytes, and Bucks, ISBN 1-55860-459-6 (amazon.com, search), 336 pages, Morgan Kaufmann, 1997
  - Barnes & Noble page: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Id1tcRZBG6&isbn=1558604596&TXT=Y&itm=2
  - Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D1558604596/002-5762437-1957631
Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge; How to Build a Digital Library, ISBN 1-55860-790-0 (amazon.com, search), 518 pages, Morgan Kaufman, 2002
- Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558607900/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-5762437-1957631?v=glance&s=books&st=*
- Barnes & Noble page: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Id1tcRZBG6&isbn=1558607900&TXT=Y&itm=1
Illuminating the Path: The Research and Development Agenda for Visual Analytics, eds. James J. Thomas and Kristin A. Cook, 2005, with links to each part from http://nvac.pnl.gov/agenda.stm, or purchasable from IEEE Press

Digital Library Curriculum Project:

DlCurricFramework

Special Links:

Similar DL course taught by Professor Marcos Goncalves, award-winning Ph.D. graduate from Dec. 2004, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, see UfMgDl
D-Lib Magazine http://www.dlib.org
NSF Digital Libraries Initiative http://www.dli2.nsf.gov
Wiki pages with extensive Bib Tex suitable entries, covering digital libraries and information retrieval, etc., at http://si.dlib.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BibFileFox2005
VtHonorCode
On cooperative learning, in PDF (http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~mm/s01/docs/cooplearning.pdf) or Word (http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~mm/s01/docs/cooplearning.doc).
PersonalizationS

Old Versions:

CS 6604 Fall 2005 - see DigLib05F
CS 6604 Fall 2003 - see DigLib03F
CS 6604 Fall 2000 - see http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs6604/
CS 6604 Fall 1997 - see http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs6604/index97.html