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Enhancing Digital Imaging for Scholarly Resources in Africa

Explore the challenges and solutions faced in the first national collaborative digital project in South Africa, focusing on enhancing the transformation of socio-political material into scholarly and research resources. Learn about the aim, phases, and solutions implemented to ensure high standards and sustainability.

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Enhancing Digital Imaging for Scholarly Resources in Africa

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  1. Dublin Core for an African context Pat Liebetrau Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) Durban South Africa

  2. Digital Imaging South Africa • First national collaborative digital project in South Africa • collaboration - national and regional partners • transformation process • socio-political material • scholarly and research resources

  3. Challenges • capacity building • digital skills – libraries and archives • sustainability • ensuring high standards • infrastructure

  4. Phase 1 - journals • distributed scanning • shortage of institutional staff • limited capacity • digital skills • quality control

  5. Phase 2 – archival material • distributed metadata creation • library and information management skills • transference of digital skills • English language first language • standardisation • partner commitment

  6. Aim • keep it simple • use an international metadata standard • xml • open source code • minimise training required • minimise input errors • standardise input

  7. Solution • Java based online input form • Dublin Core simple • online assistance - incorporate indexing guidelines • drop down lists – minimise errors • online thesaurus – predictive text, minimise spelling errors • automatically generated xml file • automatic generation of file name – minimise file naming errors

  8. Online input form

  9. Pop-up help

  10. Populate the fields

  11. Preview the record

  12. Required fields

  13. xml record <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="J:\Dublincore\dc.xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE record SYSTEM "J:\workshop\dublin core\dtd\dubcore.dtd"> <record xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <dc:title> Letter from Thoko Mpumlwana to H Dlamlenze regarding the Education Seminar </dc:title> <dc:identifier> let19770328.032.009.271 </dc:identifier> <dc:creator> Thoko Mpumlwana </dc:creator> <dc:description> Letter from Thoko Mpumlwana to H Dlamlenze regarding the Education Seminar on the 15th May 1977. Contains a list of invitees to present papers at the seminar and a tentative programme. </dc:description> <dc:language> eng </dc:language> <dc:subject> EDUCATION </dc:subject> <dc:subject> CONFERENCES </dc:subject> <dc:subject> BLACK ADVANCEMENT </dc:subject> <dc:subject> CORRESPONDENCE </dc:subject> <dc:subject> BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS </dc:subject> <dc:coverage> CAPE PROVINCE </dc:coverage> <dc:coverage> SOUTH AFRICA </dc:coverage> <dc:date> 1977-03-28 </dc:date>

  14. Rendered with a stylesheet for quality control Title: Letter from Thoko Mpumlwana to H Dlamlenze regarding the Education Seminar Identifier: let19770328.032.009.271 Creator: Thoko Mpumlwana Description: Letter from Thoko Mpumlwana to H Dlamlenze regarding the Education Seminar on the 15th May 1977. Contains a list of invitees to present papers at the seminar and a tentative programme. Language: eng Subject: EDUCATION Subject: CONFERENCES Subject: BLACK ADVANCEMENT Subject: CORRESPONDENCE Subject: BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS Coverage: CAPE PROVINCE Coverage: SOUTH AFRICA Date: 1977-03-28 Type: let Format: text/xml Format: Adobe PhotoShop version 6 Format: Epson GT12000 Format: 2 pages

  15. Conclusions • work in progress • wide ranging applicability • institutional repositories • scholars • students • researchers • minimal training required • standardisation ensured– global and local • extensible • portable

  16. Web site: http://disa.nu.ac.za E-mail contact: liebetraup@ukzn.ac.za Acknowledgments and thanks: • Colleen Goldsworthy - DISA • Alex Lyashok – Aluka

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