CONCEPTS OF DIGITAL LIBRARY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-STO/08 (LIBRARY MANAGEMENT)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
HISTORY OF EUROPE
Curriculum
Medievale
Year of study
Period
1st semester (24/09/2018 - 09/01/2019)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
WESTON PAUL GABRIELE (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Although no specific knowledge is required, a basic understanding of the electronic treatment of data is desirable.
Learning outcomes
The participation in the planned activities (frontal classes, lightning-talks, and laboratory works, as well as individual study) should enable students to put in practice methods, tools and standards learned theoretically; to develop projects aiming at exploiting and circulating cultural heritage items in digital format; to share and to co-ordinate working groups.
Course contents
The dissemination of digital products in the last three decades has represented a radical change in the way information is created, circulated and shared by the users of the web. Two issues will be particularly considered:1. the use of digital media in the creation of textual material under various forms (blogs, websites, etc.)2. the creation of digital libraries by cultural agencies (libraries, archives, art galleries, museums, film and music libraries, performing arts) aiming at exploiting their collections.Students will create a virtual exhibition prototype on a chosen subject and publish it on an extensively used fplatform.Three main approaches will be followed:1. technical and methodological, including basic definitions, as well as the observation of contexts in which digital library projects are commonly developed2. the creation of a virtual exhibition, including the strategies which should increase its identity and visibility in the net3. the presentation of resources, standards, and products by means of lighting talks assigned to students
Teaching methods
The course will be held as a seminar. Following a brief presentation of the state of the art, students will be assigned the theme of the virtual exhibition which they will then develop in collaboration. An active participation (at least 2/3 of the lessons) is therefore highly desirable. Students will be asked to present their share in the common work.Working as a team will play a key role in testing the students' ability to interact, to share, and to reflect critically on one's own work as well as on the work of others (by peer-review practice)
Reccomended or required readings
Selected texts from:- Louis Rosenfeld - Peter Morville, Architettura dell'informazione per il World Wide Web, Tecniche Nuove- Marina De Rossi - Corrado Petrucco Le narrazioni digitali per l'educazione e la formazione, Roma, Carocci- ICCU - ICAR, in collab. with OTEBAC, Mostre virtuali online. Linee guida per la realizzazione- OTEBAC, Manuale per la qualità dei siti web pubblici culturali - Il web e gli studi storici. Guida critica all'uso della rete. A cura di Rolando Minuti. Roma, Carocci, 2015
Other material will be made available through the educational platform of the university
Assessment methods
Three factors will be considered in evaluating a student:1. the creation of the virtual exhibition: the student's ability to work as a team, to take responsibility for the production of specific parts of the exhibition (also in consideration of his/her curriculum and cultural interests), and to plan and coordinate in turn the tasks carried out by the working group, will be prevailing on the intrinsic quality of the digital product2. the lightning-talk: the student's ability to introduce effectively the features of a digital resource within the allotted time3. the understanding of tools, standards, and sites: the oral part of the exam will provide an opportunity to evaluate the understanding of concepts set out throughout the course, as well as his/her ability to analyze and evaluate the quality of a resource in terms of sustainability of the organizational model, reliability of data, and accessibility of services provided to the users
Further information
Three factors will be considered in evaluating a student:1. the creation of the virtual exhibition: the student's ability to work as a team, to take responsibility for the production of specific parts of the exhibition (also in consideration of his/her curriculum and cultural interests), and to plan and coordinate in turn the tasks carried out by the working group, will be prevailing on the intrinsic quality of the digital product2. the lightning-talk: the student's ability to introduce effectively the features of a digital resource within the allotted time3. the understanding of tools, standards, and sites: the oral part of the exam will provide an opportunity to evaluate the understanding of concepts set out throughout the course, as well as his/her ability to analyze and evaluate the quality of a resource in terms of sustainability of the organizational model, reliability of data, and accessibility of services provided to the users
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