Open AccessCollaboratively Building Digital Libraries: Focus on Local Historical Resources for Educational Use
Author(s) -
A.N. Zainab,
Abrizah Abdullah,
Wee Keong Ng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl8089
Subject(s) - computer science , upload , thumbnail , world wide web , search engine indexing , multimedia , digital library , the internet , information retrieval , resource (disambiguation) , focus (optics) , digital content , artificial intelligence , art , computer network , physics , literature , poetry , optics , image (mathematics)
COREDEV (Collaborative Resource Development) is a proposed digital library for historical resources that supports the development of digital content collaboratively. A prototype biographical portal that could handle information on Malaysian personalities was chosen as the domain for the test-bed. The biographical portal incorporates five main basic features: (a) uploading, indexing, searching and retrieval modules supports the creation, capturing and sharing of historical data from distributed sites and user groups (This environment helps produce the desired outcome in terms of ICT literate teachers and students and provide the experience of creating or publishing in digital libraries); (b) supporting multi-format digital resources (text, images, audio and video clips); (c) providing a facility for searching the contents of the digital libraries from simple keyword searches, specific occurrences of words in specific fields and a combination of terms using Boolean operators; (d) providing user controlled display (user may choose search and retrieval screens either in Malay or English language, determine the number of results to be displayed (5, 10 or 20 records and browse thumbnail objects before zooming on specific details); (e) ensuring basic security features (authentication, registration of users and requirements of validation for all uploads by members before it is searchable through the Internet). Other information provided includes a brief introduction about the system, frequently asked questions (FAQ), terms and conditions for those interested in participating, help and edutainment features and linkages to other related resources.