1>UNESCO Greenstone workshop
NZDL/NCSI
UNESCO Workshop on the
Greenstone Digital Library
Software
Open source system for
creating and delivering
digital library collections
Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, Michael Dewsnip
[email protected], davidb@…, mdewsnip@…
http://nzdl.org
http://greenstone.org
Course material prepared by
Greenstone Digital Library Project
University of Waikato, New Zealand
and
National Centre for Science Information,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Workshop materials
v Workshop notes (also on CD-ROM)
– includes schedule, lecture overheads, lab instructions, lab screenshots
v CD-ROMs
– Workshop CD-ROM
Greenstone software, plus soft copy of all workshop materials, plus some extra
documentation
– Example Greenstone CD-ROM (UNAIDS Library of Current Documents)
v Greenstone manuals (also on CD-ROM)
– From Paper To Collection (paper.pdf, 30pp)
Scanners and scanning, OCR, 3 examples – from 1,000 to 100,000 pages,
Creating an electronic collection
– Installer’s Guide (install.pdf, 36pp)
Versions of Greenstone, installation procedure, Greenstone collections, setting
up the web server, configuring your site, personalizing your installation
– User’s Guide (user.pdf, 90pp)
Overview of Greenstone, using Greenstone collections, the collector,
administration, software features, glossary of terms
– Developer’s Guide (develop.pdf, 113pp)
Understanding the collection building process, getting the most out of your
collections, the Greenstone runtime systems, configuring your Greenstone site
v Evaluation form
November 2003

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