Creating digital library collections with Greenstone

Author(s):

Ian H. Witten (Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand)

David Bainbridge (Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand)

Acknowledgements:

The Greenstone digital library software has grown out of the stimulating research environment of the New Zealand digital library project, and the authors gratefully acknowledge the profound influence of all project members. In particular, John Thompson pioneered the librarian interface described in this paper.

Abstract:

Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to introduce Greenstone and explain how librarians use it to create and customize digital library collections.

Design/methodology/approach

– Through an end‐user interface, users may add documents and metadata to collections, create new collections whose structure mirrors existing ones, and build collections and put them in place for users to view.

Findings

– First‐time users can easily and quickly create their own digital library collections. More advanced users can design and customize new collection structures

Originality/value

– The Greenstone digital library software is a comprehensive system for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a way of organizing information based on metadata and publishing it on the Internet or on removable media such as CD‐ROM/DVD.

Keywords:

Digital libraries, Collections management, User interfaces

Type:

Technical paper

Publisher:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright:

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005
Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Citation:

Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, (2005) "Creating digital library collections with Greenstone", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 23 Issue: 4, pp.541-560, https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830510636337

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