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UNESCO-USP Workshop on the Greenstone Digital Library Software
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji , November 24 - 26, 2003
Introduction
This workshop will promote the development and sharing of digital library collections using the freely available Greenstone Digital Library software. The aim is to train trainers, and participants are expected to promote digital library collection development by conducting similar programmes in their countries. The workshop is sponsored by the UNESCO Communication and Information (CI) programme, together with USP Library in Suva, Fiji.
Instructors
Dr. Ian H. Witten
Dr. David Bainbridge
Mr. Michael Dewsnip
Schedule
Day 1
08:30-09:00 Welcome, introduce participants and instructors
09:00-10:30 Greenstone: Overview of features, capabilities, applications
10:30-11:00 Tea
11:00-12:00 Platforms, installation, configuration; accessing example collections
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Lab: Installing Greenstone, browsing collections
15:00-15:15 Tea
15:15-17:00 Librarian interface: Building collections
Day 2
08:30-10:15 Lab: Building collections with the Librarian interface
10:15-10:30 Tea
10:30-12:00 Librarian interface: Adding and using metadata
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:45 Lab: Adding and using metadata
14:45-15:00 Tea
15:00-17:00 Librarian interface: Advanced features
Day 3
08:30-10:15 Lab: Configuring collections
10:15-10:30 Tea
10:30-11:15 Customizing your collection, creating a CD-ROM
11:15-12:00 Lab: Customizing your collection; creating a CD-ROM
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 How building works; bibliography collections
14:00-14:15 Tea
14:15-15:15 Multilingual support; interface languages; Niupepa
15:15-16:00 Concluding session
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