OpenDLib: A Digital Library Service System

OpenDLib: A Digital Library Service System

Leonardo Candela, Donatella Castelli, Pasquale Pagano
ISBN13: 9781599048796|ISBN10: 1599048795|EISBN13: 9781599048802
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch001
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Candela, Leonardo, et al. "OpenDLib: A Digital Library Service System." Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact, edited by Yin-Leng Theng, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch001

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Candela, L., Castelli, D., & Pagano, P. (2009). OpenDLib: A Digital Library Service System. In Y. Theng, S. Foo, D. Goh, & J. Na (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact (pp. 1-7). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch001

Chicago

Candela, Leonardo, Donatella Castelli, and Pasquale Pagano. "OpenDLib: A Digital Library Service System." In Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact, edited by Yin-Leng Theng, et al., 1-7. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter introduces OpenDLib, a digital library service system developed at ISTI-CNR for easing the creation and management of digital libraries. It discusses the motivations underlying the development of such a system and describes it by presenting (i) the characteristics of the huge kind of content it is capable of managing, (ii) the set of functions it natively provides its digital libraries with, (iii) the powerful and flexibility of its component-oriented architectural paradigm as a key feature for addressing different application scenarios, and (iv) the technologies the system development relies on. The authors hope that understanding the OpenDLib foundational principles will not only inform stakeholders and decision makers of the features implemented by this existing system, but also assist researchers and application developers in the understanding of the issues, and their possible solutions, that arises when building digital library systems aimed at serving such a broad class of application scenarios.

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