The following semester-long course is being offered at the Graduate
School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, CUNY,
Flushing, New York in Fall 2006. General information about the school
is available at http://qcpages.qc.edu/GSLIS/ .
For more information please contact the GSLIS at:
(718) 997-3790
Fax (718) 997-3797
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GSLIS 790: Managing Digital Collections With Greenstone
Professor Thomas T. Surprenant
Prerequisities: Digital Imaging or Permission of Instructor
Prospective students should be familiar with digital scanning, Dublin
Core metadata and digital best practices
Goal: The goal of this course is to provide hands-on experience in the
creation, management of digital collections using the Greenstone Open
Source Software. Cited below is the open source CD-ROM that will be
provided to each student.
Topics
Overview
What does Greenstone Do?
Open Source Pros & Cons
A tour of the Greenstone Web Site
Platforms and Installation
Documentation and Help
User’s Guide
Installer’s Guide
From Paper to Collection
Developer’s Guide
Installation & Tour
Installation of Greenstone & ImagMagick on a Windows System
Students will install on GSLIS Computer Lab Machines
Students also have the option to install on their home PCs
Updating a Greenstone Installation
Removal Reinstallation
Building Collections
Collection Design & Branding
The Librarian Interface
Building a Small Collection
Building Collections from HTML, Word/PDF, Images
Creating a Greenstone CD-ROM
Metadata
Creation of Thesaurus
Adding Metadata
Editing
Browsing Classifiers, Search Indexes
Scanned Image Collections
Web Interfaces – Downloads and Links
Building a Collection
Exporting Collections
Creating a readable CD-ROM
Customizing
Under the Hood: Collection Configuration File
Customizing with Macros
Personalizing Your Home Page
Different Interface Languages
Examples from Other Databases
For more information please contact the GSLIS at:
(718) 997-3790
Fax (718) 997-3797
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