Digital Libraries, Repositories and Documents Course
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Indepth Research Institute (IRES)
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Details
This course covers the processes relevant to the creation and management of digital libraries and repositories, including digital file formats, metadata management, database management.
Duration
10 Days
Target audience
This course is targeted to individuals involve in the management and dissemination of documents: library managers, publication officers, communication specialists, archivists, information specialists, system managers, content developers and general management.
Outline
Module 1 - Concepts and Definitions
- Introduction
- What Digital Libraries and Repositories are
Module 2 - Setting up Digital Libraries and Repositories
- Planning for Digital Libraries and Repositories
- Building a Digital Library
- Building Institutional Repositories
- Tools for Digital Collections
Module 3 - Intellectual Property Rights
- Basics and Legal Framework
- The Basics of Copyrights in Different Jurisdictions
- Copyrights Applied to Libraries
- Copyrights Issues in Scholarly Publishing
Module 4 - Digital Formats
- Comparing Digital Formats: Textual and non-Textual
- Formats of Electronic Pictures
- Character Encoding
- Textual formats: Introduction to Markup
- Word processing (Procedural Markup)
- HTML (Presentational Markup)
- XML (Descriptive Markup)
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Conversion Between Formats
Module 5 - Digitization
- Process Overview
- What to Digitize?
- Basic Facilities and Requirements for Digitization
- From Hardcopy to Electronic Documents: Workflow
- Considerations for Delicate and Heritage Documents
Module 6 - Metadata and Subject Indexing
- General Overview of Metadata Standards
- Metadata (Namespaces): Background
- Metadata for Document-like Objects
- Metadata for Learning Objects
- Exchanging Metadata
- Why Subject Indexing?
- Steps for Manual Subject Indexing
Module 7 - Database Management Systems
- What is a Database?
- Using a Database for Document Delivery
- Using a Database for Document Management
- Textual and Relational Database
- Relational Databases and SQL
- Textual Databases and CDS-ISIS Basics
Unit 8 - Visibility and Accessibility
- Web Design
- Search Engine Optimization and Feeds
- Digital Libraries and Web2.0
Schedules
Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 08, 2024
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| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
Mar 11, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024
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| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 AM |
| No. of Days: | 5 |
| Total Hours: | 40 |
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Indepth Research Services (IRES) is a global institutional capacity building, technical and management consultancy firm with its head office in Nairobi, Kenya.
IRES offers technical and management consultancy services as well as education and training services designed for individuals’ and groups from organizations working in public, not for profit and private sectors.
IRES Kenya has identified itself with a niche market that largely comprises of Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) and UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, from Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle-East and the Caribbean. We have also served academic institutions, international research organizations, financial institutions and private companies from across the globe. As at 2018 we offer our services in more than 15 locations globally.
Our technical and management consultancy services are in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Oil and gas, Health, Environment and natural resources, ICT for development, spatial planning, Governance, Management and leadership, communication, transport, revenue management, marketing development and environment among others.
Our education and training services are aimed helping individuals improve their professional knowledge, competence, skill, and effectiveness and enable the institutions to get the best out of their workforce. This is achieved through conducting high impact professional diploma and certificate courses, short courses, conferences, workshops and seminars. ...
IRES offers technical and management consultancy services as well as education and training services designed for individuals’ and groups from organizations working in public, not for profit and private sectors.
IRES Kenya has identified itself with a niche market that largely comprises of Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) and UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, from Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle-East and the Caribbean. We have also served academic institutions, international research organizations, financial institutions and private companies from across the globe. As at 2018 we offer our services in more than 15 locations globally.
Our technical and management consultancy services are in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Oil and gas, Health, Environment and natural resources, ICT for development, spatial planning, Governance, Management and leadership, communication, transport, revenue management, marketing development and environment among others.
Our education and training services are aimed helping individuals improve their professional knowledge, competence, skill, and effectiveness and enable the institutions to get the best out of their workforce. This is achieved through conducting high impact professional diploma and certificate courses, short courses, conferences, workshops and seminars. ...
