Ateneo - UPO

Digital Libraries - An Introduction

M. Lana, Biblioteche digitali. Un'introduzione, BUP, 2012
G. Roncaglia, La quarta rivoluzione. Sei lezioni sul futuro del libro, Laterza, 2010
J. C. Guédon, Open Access contro gli oligopoli del sapere, ETS, 2009
F. Martini, Conoscenza digitale: l’attendibilità delle informazioni in rete, Carocci, 2015
Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of oppression: how search engines reinforce racism, New York University Press, 2018
the books are available in the library of the Department.
Crawford, Kate. Atlas of Ai: power, politics, and the planetary costs of artificial intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021
The book of Guédon is available in pre-print in the publisher's website http://www.edizioniets.com/Priv_File_Libro/558.pdf

- objectives - basic level; knowledge and understanding: know how to build a digital library
- objectives - advanced level; knowledge and understanding: know how to distinguish different types of digital libraries
- objectives - communication skills: clearly explain the knowledge acquired
- objectives - study skills: acquire an autonomous and personally revised knowledge of the contents of study

the course covers different topics from those of the three-year course; therefore, there are no prerequisites because the course itself will provide basic and advanced knowledge

frontal lesson with collaborative analysis of web contents;
preliminary work at home;
group work

students iterating the exam agree with the teacher a personalized programme

lessons will be available in synchronous (streaming) and asynchronous (recordings stored in the DIR space of the course) mode

written exam with 10 open-ended questions. each answer receives a score from 0 to 3 points
it is aimed to recognize if the students learned how a digital library is built (40%); if they know which criteria to use to evaluate the quality of a digital library (40%); if they are able to clearly express an autonomous and re-elaborated knowledge of the study contents (20%)

what are and how work the digital libraries; how to build a digital library according to its scope, to the typology of collected publications, to the available HW ans SW tools.
che cosa sono e come funzionano le biblioteche digitali; come si costruisce una biblioteca digitale: a seconda delle finalità, della tipologia di pubblicazioni raccolte, della strumentazione HW e SW disponibile.
• unit 1: some key-themes when speaking of digital libraries
• unit 2: technical means: computers from 1965 to today
• unit 3: technical means: hardware
• unit 4: technical means: software - free software and open source software
• unit 5: main software components of a digital library
• unit 6: text encoding (1): from TXT to XML encoding
• unit 7: text encoding (2): analysis of XML encoding (1/2)
• unit 8: text encoding (3): analysis of XML encoding (2/2)
• unit 9: intelletctual property and user licenses
• unit 10: e-journals and UPOFinder
• unit 11: analysis of results of searches made with UPOFinder; the catalogs between print and digital
• unit 12: managing bibliographies with Zotero; big digital libraries: Europeana, Internet Culturale
• unit 13: big digital libraries: google books
• unit 14: big digital libraries: google scholar; comparison of digital libraries: what is useful, what to use, and when
• unit 15: recall of the main themes of the course
NB: students iterating the exam agree with the teacher a personalized program.

students are expected to
basic level
be able to explain clearly the knowledge acquired; (see SUA A4.b.2: "use the Italian language and sectorial languages appropriately")
know how to build a digital library;
know how to distinguish different types of digital libraries.
advanced level
have acquired an autonomous and personally revised knowledge of the study contents;